Sentence examples for statement of pleasure from inspiring English sources
James A. Baker III, Mr. Bush's chief spokesman in the Florida fight, confined himself to a statement of pleasure, without appearing triumphant and without putting any pressure on Mr. Gore to quit the contest.
Such statements gave fans a rush of pleasure, partly aesthetic, partly clandestine — the feeling they were gaining a bit of secret Machiavellian wisdom.
(See Trigg 1970, Ch. VI, pp. 102-24 for a clear statement of the case for there not being sensations of pleasure on a par with sensations of pain; also Aydede 2000).
These, Somers's statement continues, "symbolize the meaninglessness of earthly life, the futility of pleasure and the certainly of death".
More often, a middle-aged grumpiness tends to place me on the "old" side, as when I open a leading feminist work and find a prominent third-wave feminist defending her "extreme bikini wax" or read a feminist blog in which a young woman avers that "wearing a Wonderbra is a statement of empowerment" and expounds on the pleasures of "choosing between 'apricot sundae' and 'mocha melt' eye shadow".
"You're not trying to arouse anyone, it's just a statement for the pleasure of being alive and having contact with other human beings," he says.
But what kind of pleasure?
"Autonomy... of pleasure, I guess".
Dopamine controls feelings of pleasure and reward.
What is the source of pleasure?
