Harper Reed

We were orbiting around the idea of intent and context. We would take the bus into work, and if you said, 'Here's a shirt you might like,' and I open it on my mobile phone, I'm not going to pull out my credit card and wallet. We thought, 'How does someone do this? An e-mail to yourself, or you try to remember?

American Businessman

Preity Zinta

As an actress, I never went to film school, and I think if I had gone to film school, I would have started with a great advantage. If you have a strong intent to do anything in life, you can do it, but it always helps to have formal training.

Indian Actress

Naveen Tewari

For me, whether I have money or not, it is far more important that there is an intent behind a cause that's pure and can change the lives of certain people. If that's there, then you will be able to get all the resources required.

Indian Businessman

Harold Ramis

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.

American Actor

Katy Perry

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.

American Musician

Yayoi Kusama

When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

Japanese Artist

Brad Pitt

I was so intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself.

Actor

Jack Henry Abbott

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.

American Author

William Blake

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

English Poet

Richard MacDonald

I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.

American Sculptor

Reflect on the deeper motive or goal behind someone's actions when using 'intent'.

Action Motive

'Intent' can imply good or bad motives; context reveals its nature.

Not Always Good

Use 'intent' when talking about plans or actions someone is considering.

Future Actions

When 'intent' is an adjective, it suggests strong concentration or determination.

Intensity

'Intent upon' stresses the determination; 'intent on' is more common and general.

On, In, Upon

The adjective form of 'intent' expresses a serious and committed state of mind.

Seriousness

In legal context, 'intent' determines if an act was done with purposeful understanding.

Legal Accountability

In law, proving 'intent' can change the severity and classification of a crime.

Legal Consequences

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 We forget that they're a human being with a lifetime of experience that shaped their mind, and we get stuck on that first wave of anger, and the conversation has a very hard time ever moving beyond it. But when we assume good or neutral intent, we give our minds a much stronger framework for dialogue.

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 There are actually many here in the room, and I don't know about you, but my experience of them is that there is no shortage of good intent. People want a better world. They are actually -- they really want it.

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