Qiu Shuang, a lesbian activist and sex toy saleswoman, argued that repression had only kindled passions.
To the nascent explorer, this can be the defining experience that kindles the passion for science.
Substantively, Obama will have to kindle new passion.
These victories kindled a passion for jump racing that lasted until her death.
That thought defined a purpose and kindled a passion that was absent from practicing law on Wall Street.
Every Monday morning when he was a child, Mr. Brocci, now 56, used to read the cycling news of the Gazzetta dello Sport, a sports daily, to the illiterate elderly of Gaiole, kindling his passion for cycling.
Corby Kummer, a senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly and an ardent fan who once wrote a long essay about his favorite flavor, burnt caramel, said the ice cream was not the only thing that kindled their passion.
So while my husband and I love to look at painting and sculpture, we have tried to kindle a passion for art in our children by introducing them to museums of all kinds, but in small doses.
But for Mr. Pirmann, 27, a computer systems consultant who works in Manhattan and lives in Jersey City, it was a tour of the old City Hall station in 1995 that kindled his passion for New York City's underground rails.
Having flesh-and-blood politicians slug it out over, say, the balance between austerity and growth is supposed to kindle the passion for pan-European politics.That said, television ratings may not be much improved by a clash of unknowns arguing in a foreign language (probably English).
What Italy needs, he suggests, is some of that same drive - a charismatic, farsighted figure to kindle a passion for the country again, and for Europe, "which feels too far away".
