Hypnosis is about shutting down the conscious mind and re-igniting the unconscious and the imagination, so while I give instructions to them under hypnosis, the contestants might interpret those instructions in all kinds of ways.
From the Founding Era onward, there was strong consensus about the centrality of religious liberty in the United States.
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism.
I'm a very considerate spender. I'm a shopper, and I do spend money, but I think about it first.
Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away.
I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
People are fretful about lifestyle retailing because the idea that anyone's immortal soul and deepest longings can be quite so readily anticipated and consolidated with several hundred thousand other like-minded types is worrying.
There's all kinds of crazy right-wing conspiracies about me.
It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.
Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and it was all about optimizing, in its various constituent parts, the formula. Now it is about discovering the new formula.
It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.
Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.
'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.
Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
Even the best novelists are rarely congratulated on the quality of their observations about contemporary life.
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
