Balanchine knew that Robbins's ballets were almost invariably hits, and his less pleasant remarks are likely to have been prompted by jealousy or frustration; likewise some of his compliments may have been prompted by his awareness of Robbins's usefulness to the company.
One young researcher had remarked how pleasant it was that spring had arrived.
Their remarks were pleasant and thoughtful, though there was just a shade of hesitancy about them.
It's not a pleasant sensation and made worse when the offending remarks are caught on film.
But not everyone was against the spaces, however even those in favour remarked on their homogeneity – "clean and pleasant, but samey and predictable".
The reporter further remarked that "Otto is not a pleasant object to gaze at excessively, and as a wall decoration he would not succeed".
Since then, he has rarely elaborated on those remarks, and that is typical Sanders, who has a pleasant personality but can be aloof at times.
I edited the "snide" out of my remarks and, while I still disagreed with her stance, we had a pleasant, productive conversation.
The remarks made by the Australian-born, New York-based writer at the time suggested it was pleasant but somewhat odd to be feted and claimed by a country she had fled with relief half a century before.
