As the dancer looked out with signs of genuine pleasure, I wondered if she ever ponders how much of such enthusiasm springs from notions of what she was rather than what she is nowadays.

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Much as with physical exercise, you can even get a kind of perverse pleasure out of this pain, knowing the benefits it will bring you.

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And while we feel a certain sadness that Senator Kennedy is not with us to honor her, let us also take pleasure tonight in knowing just how much he would have loved and admired Magodonga Mahlangu and the organization that she helps lead -- WOZA, which stands for Women of Zimbabwe Arise, and is represented tonight by one of its founders, Jenni Williams.

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But with any great artist who forges his own musical path, the marvel and pleasure is not so much in how he played.

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We should take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, nor should we expect it to change much with respect to American foreign policy.

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