When we first approached her with the idea of doing a little sailing for us in St. Bart's, the answer was an enthusiastic "yes," followed by a pensive "when?" And that question had little to do with her busy life in fashion.
Almost as if he's too pensive to commit without question to the brutal game, and so is treated as warily by the game itself.
When pressed for an example of government corruption, he took a long pensive pause and responded: "Good question, I can't think of any right now".
With regard to these underlying comparisons, Gayer says, "On another level we are struck by the permanent notional commingling of the simian and the human, a composition which leaves us pensive and asks the legitimate question where we, who consider ourselves sapiens in a double sense, should finally classify man".
It begins with the solo cello in a pensive mode, as if posing imponderable questions to the confounded orchestra.
The question now is how the tall, pensive man in the White House will use his power, and whether he will rise to the challenge of history.
His attitude to these characters remains a mystery, even though he frequently appears in the frame, asking questions or directing traffic or just looking pensive.
Mr. Vedder sang a wordless vocal meditation, layering harmonies in repeated loops, and the pensive "Guaranteed," with lines like "a mind full of questions, and a teacher in my soul".
There were also tracks such as Question Existing, with swooshy soundscapes, subtle tunes and pensive lyrics, from which it is possible to draw a direct line to Anti.
In exploring the Philip K. Dick-inspired question "Does the Internet dream of itself?," Herzog's pensive back-and-forth both shines and suffers.
