could be said for observation Intuitions are not wholly reliable, but also in the fact that we know so little about them

intuition is an expression of tacit knowledge.

intuition’s primary role is to understand or apprehend the salient features of a case – in the form of a judgement – and a secondary (indirect) role as evidence for or against philosophical theories.

a revival of the use of intuitions was prompted by Chomsky’s linguistics

a spontaneous judgement

aim to use intuitions as evidence

Progressives are not going to give up on facts.

Why does your mind conform? Have you ever asked? Are you aware that you are conforming to a pattern? It doesn't matter what that pattern is, whether you have established a pattern for yourself or it has been established for you.

Only in stillness does the imperceivable become discernible.

Give cheerfully and freely. It is the energy behind the giving that matters so do not give grudgingly. The law of cause and effect guarantees that you shall receive plenty for what you give.

I spent hours on the internet looking at how glamorous actresses winked and how they would put their hand on their waist, and I was told to look at how they would walk in a room and how her body takes place of everything.

I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldn't change it for anything.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.

I so want to be able to speak another language. I love the way my friends who are half Italian and half English break from one language into another without even pausing.

In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.

I cannot handle dull, lazy, morose people. I have been like that since childhood.

With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will, in fact, see the death of 'average,' Instead, you will see the era of you.

The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.

Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.

The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.

I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up.

I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.

Quite often, I have a compelling sense of how a role should be played. And I'm proved - equally as often - quite wrong.

You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.

I've got to go. That's one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation.

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.