According to a "well-informed source", it "was not her strategy for world peace" that snared Clooney (obviously not – intellect is repulsive in a woman): it was that she "played hard to get".
However we diverge politically, I have enough faith in Eastwood's artistry and intellect to trust that he is not a black-and-white ideologue – or, at least, that he knows that the limitations of such a worldview would make for an extremely dull movie.
He really is a fine intellect and it's an honour to work with him.
Ryan, meanwhile, has a reputation as a whizz-kid with a fearsome intellect.
Personally, I think we owe it to each other to try to be optimistic – pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, that sort of thing – about the conviction that the west will muddle its way back to renewed prosperity in the end.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 4.03pm AEST07:03 Is this George Brandis' intellect a talking point?
Enda Kenny, his successor as Fine Gael leader and the taoiseach said: "His towering intellect, his enthusiasm for life and optimism will be missed by everyone"." He said FitzGerald would have been at the reception for the Queen in Dublin Castle but for his illness.
But as well as intellect and charm, he has a deep understanding of healthcare policies and systems, a grasp of clinical issues which sets him apart from many managers and fine political judgement".
By nature he possessed a considerable intellect and a sharp wit which he demonstrated to the full when he relaxed off-duty.
Brentford's Warburton, a former City financier, would relish sticking two fingers up – metaphorically of course – at a board that has decreed he will be replaced with imported continental intellect willing to conform to a "mathematical modelling" system this summer.
But the public saw another figure altogether, a new kind of Australian politician, a man of intellect and values.
