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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	villains. It's just so much fun to be thought of as a piece of meat. He told me that the title mythologized banal and cruel men who didn't deserve to be thought of as super whereas older people cannot be thought of as a homogeneous group, and the diversity of older people must be respected and taken into consideration through specific policies as far as individual needs are concerned, The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting gender equality in development cooperation can be thought of as an important point of reference for cooperation policies. This sort of European overfishing cannot be thought of as a wise move. Now, since no one knows when or if the poison has been released, until the box is opened, the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead. Is it more important for me to be a good person Or to be thought of as a good person?

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villains.
It's just so much fun to be thought of as a piece of meat.
He told me that the title mythologized banal and cruel men who didn't deserve to be thought of as super
whereas older people cannot be thought of as a homogeneous group, and the diversity of older people must be respected and taken into consideration through specific policies as far as individual needs are concerned,
The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting gender equality in development cooperation can be thought of as an important point of reference for cooperation policies.
This sort of European overfishing cannot be thought of as a wise move.
Now, since no one knows when or if the poison has been released, until the box is opened, the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead.
Is it more important for me to be a good person Or to be thought of as a good person?