This is an old conflict between art and commerce… free minds, and minds that are perhaps overly tethered to structure.
Davis said: "It came to my mind that perhaps it was the right time to stop.
A less charitable thought comes to mind; that perhaps he's the American David Mitchell, and somebody thinks that one is enough.
Only as his finger pressed her doorbell did it cross his mind that perhaps he should have called, so as not to give her a heart attack.
"The terrible thought crossed my mind that perhaps Hamas did not really want to sign the agreement because they could not really carry it out — that Gilad was no longer alive".
Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial, said: "The lower that oil prices go, the more it reinforces into the market's mind that perhaps this is more of a demand issue than a supply issue".
None of this matters a lot, apart from sowing this seed of concern in my mind that perhaps everyone – me, my wife, Angelina, Tony Blair, Mick Jagger – should have the right to put their side of things when gossiped about publicly.
She has an independence of mind that perhaps explains why it has suited her to get on with her job quietly, and others to give her difficult internal matters to sort out rather than call on her to sell policies to the country.
Not just because my first instincts were telling me it was the opposite of everything I believed, but also because of a niggling, troubling little emergency flare that went off at the back of my mind that perhaps there might be something in it.
Last time I had my baby - I've got a little three-year-old called Jacob - I had him in September and it was the same thing, I had it on my mind that perhaps I could do a spring marathon, but it wasn't really enough time to put in the mileage you need.
