Quotes with intention-something

Quotes 781 till 800 of 1811.

  • John Galsworthy It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
    A Bit O' Love (1915)
    John Galsworthy
    British writer, playwright (1867 - 1933)
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  • Greil Marcus It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits.
    Greil Marcus
    American author, music journalist and critic (1945 - )
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  • Charlotte Brontë It seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control.
    Jane Eyre (1847) ch. 4
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • George Bernard Shaw It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Caitlin Moran It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.
    Caitlin Moran
    English journalist, author, and broadcaster (1975 - )
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  • Adam Baldwin It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
    Adam Baldwin
    American actor (1962 - )
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  • Buddy Wakefield It was not my intention to make such a production of the emptiness between us, playing tuba on the tombstone of a soprano to try to keep some dead singer's perspective alive. It's just that I could have swore you had sung me a love song back there; and that you meant it.
    Poetry Hurling Crowbirds at Mockingbars
    Buddy Wakefield
    American poet and actor (1974 - )
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  • Carol Shields It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again.
    The Marriage Plot (2011) 314
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Ornette Coleman It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
    Ornette Coleman
    American jazz musician (1930 - 2015)
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  • Albert Einstein It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
    The Human Side (1954)
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Caitlin Rose It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
    Caitlin Rose
    American country singer (1987 - )
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  • Bob Geldof It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing.... We made giving exciting.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Barbara Kingsolver It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Anthony Holden It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Beau Willimon It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Casey Wilson It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • Barry Mann It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
    Barry Mann
    American songwriter and musician (1939 - )
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  • Bonnie Langford It's been said of me that I must get out of bed every morning and go cartwheeling down the road. Of course it's not true. There certainly was a time in my 20s when I wanted a bit of freedom, and I found that difficult, but if I'm ever having a time when I'm feeling sorry for myself, something always jolts me back.
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Ben Whishaw It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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