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  • That doesn't mean I don't partake of passion's tantalising riches in my own way but I doubt I shall ever tie myself again to one person.

    The Juniper Days – Part II, The Diary Alison Earls 2011

  • The same passions that hypnotized the audiences of Byron and Bernhardt also horrified (and no doubt titillated) indignant readers of the morning papers who learned of passion's licentious expression in the form of pregnant women (Byron left behind eight or nine, including his half-sister) and illegitimate children (Bernhardt doted on hers).

    Intensely Familiar, Yet Strangely Remote 2010

  • So, I actually think we in the media do our people, readers, a service by saying this is an issue where people are very divided, passion's on both sides.

    CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2009 2009

  • You possess an enviable slay-way with words when passion's at play, eh?

    Dead heads and humanists 2009

  • So, I actually think we in the media do our people, readers, a service by saying this is an issue where people are very divided, passion's on both sides.

    CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2009 2009

  • There are still references to God, of the sort that a Tory Anglican might make, to show what a well-rounded fellow he is, in touch with the depth of tradition, but passion's spent.

    Why Updike was a spiritual failure 2009

  • It may not have the passion of a true derby from the TFC side, but that passion's cetainly there for Vancouver fans.

    The Vancouver view: Why the Whitecaps could win Andrew Bucholtz 2009

  • There are still references to God, of the sort that a Tory Anglican might make, to show what a well-rounded fellow he is, in touch with the depth of tradition, but passion's spent.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • That's not to say that everyone should abandon partisan interests altogether; that passion's great, and it's fantastic to see it represented at games such as the Vancouver - Toronto clash.

    Potential implications of Vancouver's win Andrew Bucholtz 2009

  • I have the least hope, my passion's as violent as ever; but you would not be so unreasonable as to have a man love on, when it can answer no end?

    Camilla 2008

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