Identify the emotional tone present in the given statement: '[NAME] and [NAME] were the ones I had in mind, but I'm not surprised they're not the only ones from what I've heard.'.
The sentence expresses: 'approval, disapproval, surprise'.
approval, disapproval, surprise
[NAME] and [NAME] were the ones I had in mind, but I'm not surprised they're not the only ones from what I've heard.