Faith Prince

Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the other half is a lot darker, sadder and more pensive. It's the dark side that feeds the outrageousness and allows it to surface. I think that's true for anyone with comic flair.

American Actress

Leon Foucault

Any person, brought into the presence of this fact, stops for a few moments and remains pensive and silent; and then generally leaves, carrying with him forever a sharper, keener sense of our incessant motion through space.

French Inventor

Elvis Mitchell

In 'Training Day,' Mr. Washington's dry-ice grandeur - the predator's reflexes contrasting with a pensive mouth - deserves regard, and his powerhouse virtuosity will almost guarantee him an Oscar nomination.

American Critic

Jewel

I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times I'm completely goofy and girlie. So, I like my songs to cover all my moods.

American Musician

Heart Evangelista

A lot of people tell me that my paintings are sad-looking, but they're actually more pensive than sad. They're very colorful and that says a lot about my disposition in life, how I'm very hopeful.

Filipino Actress

Goapele

Break of Dawn,' musically, is still soulful and eclectic, but I think I opened up a little bit more vocally. It's a little more intimate. It's a little more sensual than before - and pensive.

Drummond Money-Coutts

I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for my boyish mind.

English Entertainer

Bob Dylan

I can be jubilant one moment and pensive the next, and a cloud could go by and make that happen.

Sushmita Sen

There is a very pensive and intense side to me that even I did not know someone could capture.

Indian Actress

Pensive can suggest a slight, not obvious, sadness or concern in someone's expression or mood.

Subtle Sadness

'Pensive' isn't always negative; it can express thoughtful reflection, even with a positive aspect.

Not Always Negative

Pensive implies a quiet and peaceful kind of focus, unlike worry which might appear more anxious.

Quiet Focus

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Steve Winter: On the...

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