She's full of good intentions but they rarely work out.

她虽然处处出于善意，却往往事与愿违。

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They might reply: "That is because our barricade is made of good intentions."

他们可以回答：“这正说明我们筑街垒的动机是纯正的。”

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Every day, we see reminders of the limitations, and even the dangers, of good intentions.

每天都有一些事例让我们看到，善意有其局限甚至是危险。

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And we'll look at some of these studies, hopefully still today, with very good intentions actually hurt more they helped.

有一些研究表明，即使到了今天仍有，想做好事的人却好心干坏事。

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and what is a good practice to do is help develop your ideas of the things - set your intentions,

这个练习会帮助你发展思维——确定你的打算。

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Because very often,with very good intentions, we may fall short of what we are capable of doing, or in some situations,even hurt more than help.

因为很多时候，即使有很好的意愿，我们的能力还是有限，或在某些情况下，我们带来的伤害多于帮助。

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Regardless of good intentions, the result impoverishes everyone depending on how much force is applied.

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We have gotten to this point after years of good intentions making bad problems worse.

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Seems to me that given the stated facts, this was a case of good intentions gone awry.

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