Thank you for the birthday card and the money, it was very thoughtful of you, I appreciate it. |
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Michael even bought us both cards and presents which was very thoughtful of him. |
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He has a reputation for being wooden and stand-offish, but I think he comes across as both personable and thoughtful in his ads. |
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It was nice and thoughtful of them and all, but she just really wanted to go home and soak her feet. |
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To this chronicle, Dr Gourvish adds thoughtful and persuasive evaluations, well grounded in business organisation and economic theory. |
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Although we now face difficult moral choices I am so grateful that we've emerged as a much more compassionate and thoughtful society. |
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Ed is, in all seriousness, one of the most thoughtful and considerate people I've ever come across. |
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He is a very caring, thoughtful, generous man, so I get confused by the extremes. |
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Despite his attempts to seem sophisticated and suave, he is endearingly naive, but also intelligent and thoughtful. |
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He is attentive and thoughtful, always willing to do his share of the housework and invariably cheerful. |
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The overall presentation is straightforward, the placing and lighting are thoughtful and judicious. |
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It's a measured and thoughtful film from a director usually defined by his acts of excess. |
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We will not hesitate to take on tough, escalating issues, but we will do so in a measured, thoughtful fashion. |
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Her writing and performance are as measured and thoughtful as they are snortingly funny. |
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After a period of thoughtful self-examination, I've arrived at a few uncomfortable realizations. |
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He's clever and thoughtful and pays attention to everything, and then has the knack of putting that down on paper. |
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I don't agree with everything he says but this is thoughtful stuff and timely. |
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Having a beau who is a good person and a thoughtful lover is like hitting the jackpot. |
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The audience probably weren't listening anyway, so effectively did the staging distract from Jonathan Summers' thoughtful, amplified vocal. |
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He doesn't stress, he's utterly non-materialistic, thoughtful and low maintenance. |
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But caricatures that carry weight with many thoughtful people are not woven out of whole cloth. |
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Schiff is a thoughtful pianist who doesn't put his fingers down on the keyboard until he knows exactly what he wants to say and how to say it. |
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There are some unintellectual people in Hollywood, but there are some really interesting, smart, thoughtful people making movies, too. |
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It is a welcome and thoughtful reprieve from endless stretcher bond, used in almost all other new buildings in the area. |
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No thoughtful reader today would dismiss them as predominantly insipid or expressing nothing beyond a contemporary middlebrow understanding. |
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Through her muscly prose, the reader can understand how an intelligent, thoughtful woman got into this space. |
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Even when the advice doesn't directly pertain to my own predicament of the week, I enjoy reading your witty wisecracks and thoughtful responses. |
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The prevailing ethos on No Disco seemed a bit more thoughtful, a bit more arty, making the best of an obviously limited budget. |
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The loud music blaring from her room brought Kyle out of his thoughtful trance, and he looked up absently. |
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Many thoughtful men heard you and have not minced matters in their open approbation of your sermon. |
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It was emblazoned on the front cover of a Vogue magazine that a thoughtful friend had brought to take her mind off the pain. |
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In 1987, Mullin himself became a notably thoughtful Labour MP and served for a while as a minister at the Foreign Office. |
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A different, more thoughtful outcome was possible, and entirely compatible with public attitudes. |
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It's so funny about the people it deals with and at the same time so thoughtful in its consideration of the whole biographical enterprise. |
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The thoughtful organisers even put on sale some trinkets for the sake of lady dentists who came in large numbers to the exhibition. |
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I find that his evidence was given in a very thoughtful and straightforward fashion. |
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Phin raised an eyebrow before shifting Steph off his shoulder and turning onto his side, casting Dev another thoughtful glance. |
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The captain nodded, rubbing the knuckle of his index finger over his lower lip in a thoughtful manner. |
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Thank you for your thoughtful, helpful, and most kind review of my manuscript. |
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The movie does not stand up to any kind of thoughtful inspection and the muddled finale is nonsensical. |
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Whatever the subject, he addresses it in a thoughtful, generous, undogmatic spirit. |
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In real life, the director is often the storytelling extrovert and the actor the thoughtful introvert. |
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Lawyers and judges can still benefit from thoughtful analysis of case law and statutes. |
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This evening he was clearly more subdued, giving out police hotline numbers and playing thoughtful, reflective music. |
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She is thoughtful and reflective, and I have enormous respect for her passionate dedication. |
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He tells me that at this stage in his life he is reflective and thoughtful, very different from his stage persona. |
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He was one of nature's gentlemen and was a hard-working thoughtful neighbour who was always there to lend a hand in times of trouble. |
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I was genuinely surprised by the solid, thoughtful direction Levin gave his film. |
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Let's just say this funny, thoughtful, intelligent and crazy book is one of the best all-purpose reads of the year. |
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I subsequently found a good number of thoughtful, articulate, intelligent, amusing, entertaining blogs by Yanks. |
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What with one thing and another, I've neglected to reply to Right Wing Film Geek's thoughtful reply to me. |
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In fact, the building is extremely carefully tailored to its location and the handling of spaces and levels is remarkably thoughtful. |
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Her earliest exhibited pieces were thoughtful and ambitious, if youthfully tendentious. |
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It is rare that an actor as intense as this one, as thoughtful and involved in his work, is willing to be so larky about it. |
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The development is not a nostalgic repackaging of a lost urban history, but a thoughtful and optimistic experiment in contemporary urbanism. |
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Often thoughtful, frequently lengthy, and always considered, the postings beg one to ponder options for a reply. |
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The pacy, busy, vibrant winger has been replaced by a more thoughtful, more disciplined player. |
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For professional and layman alike, this thoughtful and accessible volume is a good place to start. |
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Visitors were directed to carabineros of their gender, which was a thoughtful gesture. |
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This paper therefore is based mainly on my own thoughtful experience and informal anecdotal research. |
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This message, delivered in his quiet, thoughtful manner, resonates among his audiences. |
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He paused again, meditatively, and his voice was thoughtful when he continued. |
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His face was crisscrossed with a spiderweb of white scars, but his gray-tinged eyes were thoughtful and kind. |
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In the end it is not the insight into star architects that leaves the deepest impression, but the level of thoughtful reflection. |
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With careful, thoughtful technique he leaves it to his reader to find the purpose of the essay. |
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I'm always up for a thoughtful space opera, so I'll be keeping an eye out for the paperback edition of this book. |
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Next week, I intend to share your thoughtful suggestions for action with my students. |
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Landscaping is very thoughtful, with retaining walls and terraces cut with almost Inca sensitivity and precision into the arid slopes. |
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She is sweet, sincere, genuine, thoughtful, compassionate and he knew she liked him for him, not his money. |
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Also, I'm sure that the Australian brothers won't be complete ocker stereotypes, judging by the provocative, thoughtful title. |
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This new scheme has a more thoughtful design and it is also a walk-through development that will be much easier to maintain and look after. |
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My dear friend the Barbadian antiquary has given me a thoughtful and useful present. |
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Talk to any thoughtful economist and they will tell you that they have no idea how to assess the likely impact of quantitative easing. |
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The book may serve as a conversation starter for thoughtful parents and gifted children. |
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This number and the whole evening satisfied appetites for thoughtful music and left people hungry for more. |
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He does not spout dry information, but colours facts with his own thoughtful perspective. |
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The marines were pumped up for action, but also thoughtful, nervous and even apprehensive. |
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Rachel stared after him in mild surprise, her eyebrow arched and her emerald gaze thoughtful. |
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The thoughtful accrual of knowledge isn't possible when events unexpectedly jump the tracks. |
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She is a slow thoughtful eater and I gulp my food down but other than that we had lots in common. |
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At the end of the day, thoughtful valets unbuckle your boots, toss them onto a warmer, stash your skis, and hand you a cup of cocoa. |
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She remains, as she always has been, a pleasant, thoughtful young woman, but the luckless Schnyder found her in mean mood. |
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It is long overdue, and is the outcome of thoughtful consideration and review. |
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It deserves an appropriately respectful and thoughtful response that goes beyond attitudinising. |
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This section includes many thoughtful hypotheses that are backed up by clearly illustrated tables and figures. |
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They support a more thoughtful development of the waterfront site that would enhance its urban attractiveness. |
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In the mid-1990s, she was one of two authors to contribute thoughtful articles on this topic to Chamber Music America. |
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We were fortunate to have a very thoughtful and perceptive Minister who was across the issues involved in the WorkCover Scheme reform. |
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It's tough to find an audience for an intimate, thoughtful little movie in the summer movie madhouse, but Care isn't worried. |
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Squirming in her chair, like an infant awkwardly awakening from a thoughtful sleep, Jane rubbed her makeup-less eyes and yawned. |
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He looked thoughtful for a moment, then he uttered a low sound of understanding. |
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It is lively and chatty but still manages to be thoughtful enough when it matters. |
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One cannot expect a thoughtful and intelligent answer to an unthoughtful comment. |
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Da Capo place the Second Symphony last on disc thus leaving Nielsen's refreshing thoughts on man's four temperaments as a thoughtful makeweight. |
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This was a thoughtful, quiet museum which nicely complemented the manic excitement of the Dracula Experience. |
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Doubters and critics have poured scorn on our ambitious plans or urged speed when a more thoughtful approach was deserved and required. |
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Olivia looks thoughtful before her serious face is broken by a broad smile. |
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These are serious, thoughtful people who are not in thrall to the restrictions of old ideologies. |
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It appears that the more thoughtful realise that an evacuation of a Swedish city would be a complete and unmitigated disaster. |
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They sat in a thoughtful moment before a boom of thunder sounded and Jane jumped. |
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This book gives sound illustrations and a thoughtful text, but by only using black and white photographs, it tends to look dated. |
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When was the last time photography attracted quite so much thoughtful coverage in the mass media? |
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He is also a thoughtful theologian who has written an introduction to the theology of Jirgen Moltmann. |
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Snapping out from her thoughtful reverie, she barked an order to the warriors under her command. |
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Levi looked at Hal, laughed, and then extended his palm in a thoughtful manner. |
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The tone of delegates interviewed afterwards was thoughtful and reflective. |
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It should also open up the intellectual space for the thoughtful consideration of the subject. |
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It is the task of thoughtful researchers to critically consider how knowledge in their field is produced and used. |
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The decision to leave the firm was a difficult one and involved many hours of thoughtful consideration. |
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He returned to his chair as silence and thoughtful reflection punctuated the moment. |
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The decision to make the changes was made after a long search and thoughtful consideration. |
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It makes me think that she's just fairly introverted and is quite a thoughtful person, even pensive perhaps. |
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Your words and the thoughtful reflections of others will help awaken those who can and will make a difference. |
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By nature she is a thoughtful, serious girl whose natural reticence has been reinforced by too many rooms full of flashbulbs and poised pens. |
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Hegel himself said that the philosophy of history means nothing but the thoughtful consideration of it. |
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Damian didn't reply, but instead sat in a very thoughtful manner without touching his plate. |
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Some response is required, and the response must be made in a thoughtful and informed manner. |
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This is an important, thoughtful book deserving of a good deal of careful attention. |
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This is a particularly gracious and thoughtful reply from the media, and we are grateful for it. |
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But let's be careful with our criticisms, thoughtful about where we lay the responsibility. |
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While most of his pictures are serious and thoughtful, this one is full of silent excitement. |
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There are decent, thoughtful, credible arguments on both sides of the gun control debate. |
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For all his occasional gaucheness and undue display, he is the most thoughtful and provocative poet writing in English today. |
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This is a thoughtful, carefully crafted and, above all, intelligent movie which deserves a massive audience. |
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The blog contains a thoughtful, honest, civil exchange of opinion from all sides of the issue. |
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Senior leaders nowadays don't have time for deep reflection or thoughtful analysis. |
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Nevertheless, I must compliment you on the thoughtful and informed analysis present in your reports. |
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Their careful and thoughtful comments led to marked improvements in nearly all the reports. |
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Her forceful personality and ease in the spotlight complemented the king's serious, thoughtful demeanour. |
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He has made a serious and thoughtful film, despite some obvious limitations. |
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She is one of the most thoughtful judges on the court and is not afraid to upset the apple cart by doing the right thing. |
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This is an absorbing and thoughtful novel, though its ambiguities occasionally frustrate. |
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Succumbing to the hype, I thought the film was going to be a thoughtful treatment of a serious issue. |
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His more thoughtful critics worry that he is a little too much in love with the idea of himself as a shocking truth-speaker. |
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These are two thoughtful performances in a carefully understated film that has a number of erudite lines without ever becoming preachy. |
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Is she usually thoughtful and considerate of you, or does she have a track record of thinking only of herself? |
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I have the kindest, most generous and thoughtful readers and friends anywhere. |
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Thank you very much for the parcels of groceries, it was very thoughtful of you all. |
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Indifferent to hunting or wrestling or drinking, Bill, who likes to read, is thoughtful and gentle. |
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The Oscar-nominated Perlman, who's worked extensively in children's TV, manages to spin a yarn about bullying that's both entertaining and thoughtful. |
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His mother was a woman of great ability, balanced and thoughtful. |
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The thoughtful man said he was surprised at how the top security officials expressed their own ambivalence and regrets. |
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I mean, instead, a mind that is thoughtful, curious, with a discernable pattern of associative thinking and insight. |
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But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books. |
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Tim Gunn came back from being a catchphrase robot to a thoughtful mentor offering informed critiques of work in progress. |
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She scowled meanly, then her face became more serious and thoughtful. |
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At first I thought the gift was very thoughtful and well-meant. |
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Hats off the Guardian, Britain's most thoughtful left-wing newspaper, for running a piece today in defence of Prince Charles. |
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On the face of it, sacks is describing a different person from the thoughtful, often quiet man I met in California. |
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Will the new parliament be equally thoughtful and reflective in response? |
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I dictated a return note thanking him for the thoughtful gift and encouraging note. |
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Luckily, however, the intelligent commentary of two thoughtful and self-aware women can. |
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When do we ever see elected officials engage in that sort of careful, thoughtful dialogue in an edifying way? |
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And during his political career, he has specialized in writing and delivering elegantly constructed, thoughtful speeches. |
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If you listen to left-field music, you will hear a certain amount of psychedelia, but somehow Tobin uses it in order to promote thoughtful mental exploration. |
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Wells has written some lovely, thoughtful, and evocative reviews over the past year. |
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During our interview, he was intense, fast, generous with his time, and thoughtful and expansive with his answers. |
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Let me return the compliment by noting that I consider Mooney a thoughtful and fair-minded critic of conservatism. |
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Here ends this thoughtful, limpidly written exploration of screws and screwdrivers, the passage of time, the evolution of civilizations, and human invention. |
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She rises to the formidable challenge of bringing together her three very different, marginalized figures for thoughtful comparisons and synthesis. |
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And the book turns out to be intelligent, literate, and thoughtful. |
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Surely it would be no weakness for a thoughtful man who should resort, for the renovation of a wasted frame, to one of those salubrious mineral fountains. |
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He knows we don't see eye to eye on hunting so he makes it up to me by just being as kind and thoughtful about animal issues as possible around me. |
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The high schoolers in the room are impassive, but the fathers give thoughtful frown-nods. |
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As ballet master in chief for Cincinnati Ballet since 2003, he is treasured for his thoughtful classes, clear observations, stern yet supportive nature, and sense of fun. |
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The delay in getting it to you was caused in part by life having become rather busy recently and in part by the need to make a careful, thoughtful choice. |
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It's a wonderfully rich, thoughtful and provocative piece of drama. |
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Bonner, on the other hand, offers a gentle and thoughtful appraisal. |
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His manner tells of a well-raised, thoughtful, tender individual. |
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It was a very kind and thoughtful gesture and an example of the love and respect which we should all have for each other to make for peace and harmony in this troubled world. |
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On the other hand, if one wants their child to be obedient, thoughtful to others, discipline them at the time of their disobedience and not half an hour later. |
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He was always so thoughtful, paying attention to every small detail. |
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He also has an uncommon gift for melody and thoughtful lyrics. |
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There are no subtleties, there is little light and shade and the long speeches are delivered as tirades rather than thoughtful Shakespearian soliloquies. |
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These terms and concepts provide the frame for his thoughtful analysis. |
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Gideon Gaye's follow-up, Hawaii, confounded all those expectations but still managed to serve up a generous dose of thoughtful, evocative tunes, done to a turn. |
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What it could use more of are thoughtful, level-headed types of the sort that the old Bobby Jindal would have liked. |
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That doesn't mean I would rather have had Earl be compassionate and thoughtful than be a winner. |
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The election of a thoughtful, amiable, mixed-race man confounds many assumptions about America. |
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Granted, this is a delicate task, calling for a thoughtful, multi-faceted approach. |
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The book is also a quiet, thoughtful, undramatic and unsensational story. |
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She was perfectly composed, occasionally flashing a wry smile and speaking in thoughtful, well-turned phrases. |
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Archer plays the lead in a ponderous but thoughtful one-act play penned by her husband, Terry Jastrow. |
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I have no doubt, that we owe much of our success in that golden era of our athletics, to his thoughtful planning, dedication, guidance and untiring efforts. |
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Often, these correspondents have enough experience covering economic affairs to provide much more thoughtful coverage than their non-expert competitors. |
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A jumbled curiosity of a film, Charlie isn't sure whether it wants to be a hard-boiled gangster thriller, a thoughtful biography, or a legal drama. |
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So they hem and haw and appear ever so grave and thoughtful. |
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But I'd have to say the blogosphere and Internet has given City Journal, a pretty highbrow magazine overflowing with thoughtful, long essays, a lot more readers. |
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He turned out to be very passionate, articulate, enthusiastic and thoughtful. |
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The thoughtful design plots its way through the changing landscape framed by mountain range on three sides and the East Sea to the west. |
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Many a thoughtful man, musing over his second Martini and the evening paper, has had the uneasy feeling that 1984 was much closer. |
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He was a shy, abrupt, slyly witty, and intensely thoughtful man. |
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He is thoughtful, suggesting sound explanations without seeming speculative, and just about avoiding hagiography. |
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If 2010's first instalment was a one-two sucker punch of glorious goofiness, the follow-up is a more thoughtful superhero sendup. |
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This long-tailed macaque strikes a thoughtful pose, the limelight gets the hawk-eagle in a flap and the clouded leopard looks spot on. |
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Though this season, Posen was as thoughtful as ever with his artful eye to detail, like with soutache embroidery and draped chiffon. |
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Recently the jury have made some insightful decisions, going against the grain of architectural hero worship to reward the more thoughtful. |
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It's also thoughtful to provide a place to put nonhanging items such as underwear, pj's, and swimsuits. |
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Appel is a thoughtful investor and writer, besides being a man who likes fixed income. |
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But this is ballet, not Jazzercize, and the instruction is thoughtful and solid. |
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Exclusivism is unpopular with large numbers of sensitive and thoughtful people. |
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And how all this zaniness can convey such a thoughtful analysis of religious fanaticism is part of the novel's spell. |
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Among the most detailed and thoughtful analyses of the propriety of citing Wikipedia is contained in Campbell ex rel. |
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Since the latter half of the 20th century, historians have tended to revise James's reputation and treat him as a serious and thoughtful monarch. |
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Failsafe Strategies is a thoughtful and useful addition to the growing literature on risk. |
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However, a thoughtful analysis of these multiple masts indicates that only two or so were actually the main 'driving' sails. |
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She does so admirably with a beautifully-paced narrative that features a thoughtful balance between empathy and demythologizing critique. |
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These are thoughtful methodological essays by an eminent papyrologist and historian of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt. |
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Lewis have pointed out this fact, and thoughtful nonintellectual people have usually assumed it. |
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Just when did Tatiana actually set out to build a thoughtful collection? |
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This horrifying breakdown of civil control was deeply disturbing to thoughtful people on both sides of the religious divide. |
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The authors would like to thank Edward Ettin, Michael Gordy, Darryll Hendricks, David Jones, Jose Lopez, Brian Peters, and two anonymous referees for many thoughtful comments. |
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He carried it out in a very considered, thoughtful and researched way. |
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If there's one thing that the Divergent series will stand out for, it is its firm stance of favoring the frail and thoughtful over the outwardly forceful and aggressive. |
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The Recruit looked thoughtful and told off the days on his fingers. |
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Premium components and thoughtful construction combine to produce a target arm that's capable of shooting under one minute of angle at any realistic distance. |
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But when he entered the halls of Congress and tried the same spectacularisms upon some of the thoughtful statesmen of the time he met with ridicule. |
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But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. |
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From moisture-wicking materials to flatter-feeling soles, there is no shortage of thoughtful innovations as pointe shoes get more advanced every year. |
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The most valuable directors know how and when to voice dissent and ask thoughtful, nonrepetitive questions in a way that encourages, rather than stifles, discussion. |
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With Kate by his side, William looked thoughtful as he clasped his hands and stared at the white flowers of the orchid named Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana. |
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In his affairs, too, Cooper was every bit as thoughtful as he was ruttish. |
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Released to a whirlwind of publicity in the run-up to midterm elections, this instant best-seller lays out the all-American Senator's thoughtful political solutions. |
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Best practice in medical simulation requires thoughtful, diligent scenario design upfront, realistic set up or moulage, and skilled debriefing post-simulation. |
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Additionally, this section provides thoughtful critiques of standard economic theory by emphasizing the recursive elements of human behavior in markets. |
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With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens emblematize the human condition. |
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Our thoughtful hosts had provided us with a list of sights to see on our way north and strangely one of them was the famous grass-roofed toilets in the township of Kawakawa. |
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Colby-Sawyer's reaccreditation follows a two-year self-study the Commission noted as thoughtful and evidence-based, as well as a site visit in March by a team of evaluators. |
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From the power breakfast to the late-night cocktails, Utah's restaurants continually go beyond good eats to providing thoughtful service and an atmosphere prime for business. |
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Suggestions for further reading and an index round out this diverse, thoughtful, and welcome contribution to American History and Ethnic Studies college library shelves. |
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Even usually thoughtful newspapers such as the Washington Post have cited skateboarding as an irresponsible and vandalous activity to be banned from city streets. |
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