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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

Quote by Douglas Adams

Why are we a shadow and not a great tree? Why when we think we are spring, reality shows us we are a late autumn? Because of the fact that God is the Unique Accidental one, is the Primary Event, and everything that follows him is an Intended...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about temptation, god, events, autumn, spring, shadow, destiny, reality, truth, things

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when...

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Quote by Robert Frost about family, things, life

The first epics were intended for recitation; the...

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about literary critic

This book was company for me-I wrote these things when I...

This book was company for me-I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about companies, things

In honorable dealing you should consider what you...

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about thinking

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Quote by William Falconer about common sense, sense, use, reason, god

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a...

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

Quote by Don Johnson about celebrity, rocks, actors, good, good luck

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has...

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Quote by Mike Pence about state, security

I believe the World Bank and other institutions can be turned around and do what they were originally intended to do, which is help reconstruct devastated parts of the world. Help genuinely help poor people. There are twenty-four thousand people...

Quote by John Perkins about opinion, help, bankers, world, change, people, death, day

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the...

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about life, people, being

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you...

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about god

Every human being is intended to have a character of his...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

Quote by William Ellery Channing about people, character, human imperfections, being

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