Now I, of course, thought, Well this is American data, and I thought, Well, those silly Americans.

And I thought, Well, hey!

I thought, well that's not good enough.

And I thought, Well, what's the struggle?

Well I hadn't thought of that one.

And then I thought, well maybe I could do something.

I thought, Well, that's amazing, because I don't feel disabled.

I thought, well what the hell's that about?

And then I thought, well this is fun.

So I thought, well they like to play games.

I thought, well, the 20th century, that was brilliant.

Well, having found that and published that, I thought, well, what's it doing?

So I thought, Well let's just give it a try.

Well, I thought I had the answer to that one, and I said, Skin color.

And I thought, well, this is the power of a city.

And all of a sudden I thought, Well, wait a minute.

When I first heard this theme, I thought, well, embracing otherness is embracing myself.

And then I thought in my 40s I started thinking, Well, why don't I do something?

And I thought that they'd probably say, Well, it's all about sex.

And I thought, well this could serve as a symbol for today.

And I thought that they'd probably say, Well, it's all about sex.

And when I did, I thought, well, I'd better look this word up in the dictionary.

Oh, well... thought Dima. I suppose that I can't be picky at a time like this.

Well, I thought there would be a podium, so I'm a bit scared.

I was quite shocked by that, and thought to myself, Well, OK then.

And I thought, Well, sir, I am not a strategist, nor am I specialist. I am merely a storyteller.

And so I thought to myself, Well, these are the guys who I want to talk to.

So the next day, you know, after I thought, Well, he might be right.

Well, I thought the Atlantic was big, but the Pacific is really, really big.

So as a naive New Zealander I thought, well I'll go to the Pentagon.

And so this morning I thought, Oh well, I'll just do a card trick.

And for a long time I fought this, and I thought, Well, gee, I really ought to buckle down.

And then I thought about it a little bit, and I said, Well, is it really that easy?

I should tell you that when I was asked to be here, I thought to myself that well, it's TED.

So I thought, Well, if you can't go to the government, go to the military.

And I thought, Well, maybe I can break the little glass ceiling of cartooning, and so I did. I became a cartoonist.

And then I kind of flipped that around and thought, well I could give it to the neo Nazis.

Well, when I saw this in the front page of the Times, I thought, Great. Finally something I can relate to.

So I thought of a different way by thinking, well, the talks revolve around certain themes.

So I first went to Copenhagen because I thought, well, maybe I could become a biochemist, but I discovered biochemistry was very boring.

Well, Mark Twain certainly thought so.

I thought, well, you know, interesting, but a guy from CERN, he's not going to do this.

So I thought, well, maybe that is the thing which has transformed governance in the bottom billion.

And I thought, well, since I can't go to the movies, at least I will go for free to listen to flying saucers.

I just thought, and I thought long and hard.