They start as thoughts, which grow in strength and affect your behavior, actions and habits.

它们开始只是一个想法，之后变成了一股力量，开始影响你的行为、行动和习惯。

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Refusing and rejecting useless, harmful or unnecessary desires and actions, and intentionally acting contrary to your habits, sharpen and strengthen your inner strength.

拒绝那些无用的，有害的或者不必要的诱惑和行为，有意地违反你的固有习惯，提高和强化你的内在力量。

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The strength of the process engines is the ability to support long-running processes, where actions can take a long time to complete.

流程引擎（process engines）的长处在于支持长运行流程的能力，在这里，动作可以花很长的时间来完成。

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The voting rights act bars actions that dilute minority voting strength, but how the courts will interpret individual redistrict plans remains an open question.

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U.S. officials said the goal of the flight wasn't to ratchet up tensions, but over time, to bring them down by showing strength in the face of North Korea's actions.

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Throughout its history, the nation has been blessed to have men like Inouye -- reserved, unboastful men, whose actions show the deep reservoir of quiet honor from which they draw their strength.

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