As a wonderful mentor once told me when I was presenting what I thought was a perfect version of myself and thinking that the real me was no road to glory: the person you are is the person they want to see.

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"The time that I really was off I wanted to literally be off, not thinking of what my next project was going to be, " Raitt recalled.

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Of course, I didn't know what she was thinking -- but if I had to guess, maybe she was wondering about her uncertain future and that of her children.

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Looking at all the time I was spending (how much of my day was spent wondering what she was doing and what she was thinking), I knew he was right.

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"I kind of rolled with what he was thinking, " Knicks coach Mike Woodson said.

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It's just one of those things tonight where I don't know what I was thinking.

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When I sat face to face with Derek Wanless in 2002, what impressed me was the clarity of thinking about the long-term issues of health service productivity and demand.

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"I refused to confirm or comment on what Judge Starr or the OIC (Office of Independent Counsel) was thinking or doing, " and the reporter "assured me that his sources were outside the OIC, " Bakaly said in the declaration.

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Ten years ago, I was staring at this tiny little pink bundle, wondering what I had been thinking, how could I possibly take care of this crazy little baby.

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