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"It is my intention to proceed slowly with our trenches."
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"One has thieving intention himself, otherwise no one can ever steal from him; no one can ever rob him. One's own intention does the stealing; the thief is simply instrumental (nimit) in that. Really, the account is one's own."

"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."

"It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms."

"In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour."

"Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet."

"The power of intention can open the door of opportunity and transform a valley of trouble into a triumph of joy."

"Being proactive and intentional will enable you to create a positive experience for yourself and others."
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"The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England."

"Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted."

"The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg."

"Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear."
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