At times, he's said that what he contemplated doing was "balancing the scales," so that people could understand the pain he'd been through.
A missile test may not be as frightening as the bomb test he contemplated doing last year, but this week's launch drew angry reactions from America, Russia, Japan and even South Korea, which usually glosses over Mr Kim's provocations in the hope of smoother North-South relations.So what is Mr Kim up to?
Cairns is charged with making a false statement in judicial proceedings, between 1 October 2010 and 31 March 2012, that having been sworn as a witness in judicial proceedings, he made a statement which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true, namely that he had never cheated at cricket and nor would he contemplate doing such a thing.
Surely anyone who even contemplates doing a literary challenge is already a healthy reader.
Since everyone in the family was healthy they contemplated doing without it.
Lydiate has undergone surgery and is expected to be sidelined for at least a three-month period before he can contemplate doing any sort of rugby fitness.
At Tesla's annual general meeting, Mr Musk said he was surprised that other carmakers had yet to come up with anything similar, and added that he was contemplating doing something "kind of controversial" with patents, in order to boost the electric car industry.
Susan, from Colorado, wrote: Jonathan Pryce 1991 "American Dream" from Miss Saigon… I had no idea he could even contemplate doing THAT! … And Louis S., from Alexandria, Va., wrote: Dorothy Loudon singing "Vodka" at the 1983 Tony Awards at the (then-named) Uris Theatre.
"Which I am actually contemplating doing right now," he added.
For those contemplating doing a PhD he says, "find out who is going to be the best mentor for you," depending on your research interests and "aim high".
