#intent

Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity. ↗

— Katy Perry

#creative #even #get #good #hard

There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#days #i #i can #instance #intentionally

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#certainly #i #intention #laughable #might

John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#concept #created #directed #directors #focused

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is, leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together. ↗

— David Plouffe

#believe #both #come #cutting #debt

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#american cinema #certain #cinema #intention #me

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#any #ban #been #conspicuous #display

I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#another #believe #clear #common #common faith

I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#believe #either #everyone #explained #explaining