He stressed the cool professional pleasures of craft, having little sympathy for the romantic artist in the throes of passion.
Tan and handsome, and with a preference for white T-shirts that strain around his biceps, Mr. Wood, 37, looks very much like the buff, professional and pleasure-seeking men who frequent his many parties.
Tidal Bay's victory and his rejuvenation have brought a deal of professional and personal pleasure to Nicholls and the plan he has formulated for the Graham Wylie-owned gelding is one worthy of his quirks.
No wonder, then, that for pure pleasure, professional dancers are normally less likely to feel like dancing to The Rite of Spring than to the Pet Shop Boys – or that kind of thing.
Although I'd been a professional at providing pleasure, like many women, I felt ambivalent about expecting it in return.
Both worlds revel in intensity and sensory pleasures, professional practitioners say.
As ever with a professional, Donald took more pleasure from the grind than the cruise.
Even though Frank's cameras present Jagger as professional and businesslike about pleasure, that business involves digging deep into himself and unleashing furies that few others can reach, even in imagination.
"There is an apparent paradox that Americans have trouble understanding -- namely that instead of a 'no pain, no gain' idea, the French can combine pleasure with professional advancement," said Jean-Philippe Mathy, a professor at the University of Illinois, who is author of "French Resistance: The French-American Culast years," publast yearst year.
