Allow the person to share his or her complete thoughts, without interruption.

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Nothing done to him will bring her back, or relieve any of us of the awful thoughts we have imagining her suffering.

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Adams, the county circuit clerk, didn't want to discuss her personal thoughts on gay rights or same-sex marriage.

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But her thoughts are on the title, rather than the ranking or the ability to become the first top seed to win a major since Williams at Wimbledon in 2010.

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Giffords is able to stand with assistance, but is not yet able to take steps or walk, said Rhee, adding that therapists are helping Giffords with ways to express her thoughts and, eventually, speak.

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But while she had nothing but self-deprecating remarks to say about her talent with a pen (or, err, Blackberry), the author does have some interesting thoughts on the response of American women to a fantasy of submission.

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