a spontaneous judgement

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

aim to use intuitions as evidence

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.

The beauty of marriage is not always seen from the very beginning but rather as love grows and develops over time.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

Making choices that improve things for all of us on the planet is an act of compassion, a simple act we can do any time we go shopping.

I don't think it's any secret that the public has lost confidence in the state government, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done on issues related to public integrity.

I think as Christians we have to sponsor a national Lighten-Up Day.

We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products.

Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal from the time she was 15 up until about the age of 76.

Don't agonize. Organize.

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

I love writing for the screen.

Before I left home for drama school in England, my father took me outside one night and told me that wherever I was, the moon would shine on both of us. Months later, walking in London, I'd look at the moon and feel his love. Now I've shared the ritual with my own kids.

It's a great feeling when your work is appreciated.

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music.

Every riddle has one perfect answer. For life it is love.

I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.

My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic.

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

When you're a kid, you're only exposed to what's going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing.

Speaking of Twitter, I don't even know if I composed a blog entry in 2009, as I was too busy parceling my every thought into cute 140-character sound bites. I used to only worry about being pithy for a living; now some of my best lines are wasted on a free app!

The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.