James McAvoy

I remember that it was never that difficult for me to get a director to look up and pay attention to me. Mind you, I don't know if that's necessarily charm. But I've played roles where my character has to be charming and I've found it quite easy to do. I think some of it is in my bones, but some of it is more deliberate.

Scottish Actor

Janet Reno

If you disagree with me about a position I have taken, or what I've done, tell me, argue with me, debate. Sometimes, right and good are not that clear; at other times, it is only deliberate and respectful debate that leads us to understand what road we should take.

American Public Servant

Jack Monroe

But I know that trying to black out my past with oblivion will just damage my future. I made the decision to stop running from my fears, and to walk slowly and deliberately towards self-nurture, self-respect, and better mental and physical health.

British Journalist

Henry David Thoreau

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

American Author

Lady Gaga

None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.

American Singer

Pope John Paul II

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.

Polish Saint

Chelsea Clinton

For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.

American Celebrity

Evelyn Underhill

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

English Writer

Arnold Bennett

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

English Novelist

Audre Lorde

American Poet

Use 'deliberate' to express a conscious choice or decision someone makes.

Intent Matters

'Deliberate' is the opposite of 'accidental' or 'inadvertent' in actions.

Contrast with Accidental

The word hints at putting thought into an action beforehand.

Conveys Intention

It describes the careful consideration before making up one's mind.

Pre-Decision Process

It’s regularly used when groups, like juries or boards, discuss matters.

Often Group Activity

It's used when someone does something slowly and with great care.

Indicates Caution

Suggests avoiding rush and not acting on impulse.

Not Hasty

 we have also deliberately brought our plants and animals along, rarely considering the consequences. But now that we're learning more about the effects of invasive species on ecosystems, many governments closely monitor the transport of plants and animals,

The threat of invasive...

 In addition, little incentive exists to publish results unsupportive of the expected hypothesis. That results in a deluge of agreement between what was expected and what was found. In rare occasions, this can even lead to deliberate fabrication,

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 to try to protect people, vaccination used the far less dangerous cowpox virus. The medical establishment, cautious then as now, deliberated at length over his findings before accepting them. But eventually vaccination was gradually accepted

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 or fleets of colonizing spaceships or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another.

Questions No One Knows...

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The reality constructed...

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 These antihistamines stop the inflammation response. Steroids can help dial down the immune system. Another more permanent option is immunotherapy. Deliberate, controlled exposure to gradually increasing amounts of an allergen

Why do people have...

 And the room got very quiet, and this woman said, "There's no way, with our history, we could ever engage in the systematic killing of human beings. It would be unconscionable for us to, in an intentional and deliberate way,

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 when examined up close. And the chaos of this tangled mess seems to defy all control, but it's actually the product of a deliberate, though not pre-planned, process. These characteristics made Pollock into a celebrity,