Mostly Mozart's Peri was Christine Goerke, whose powerful voice, sound technique and honest passion are always good to hear.
But any philanthropy, she said, "needs to be an honest passion, or it could — backfire is probably too strong a word, but it could certainly fall flat".
Even Chris, the long-suffering husband whose devotion to Jennie sometimes defies credulity (especially when she runs off with a beautiful, mysteriously bruised redhead named Sarah, insisting that men don't grasp the honest passion of women's friendships), treats her with overwhelming interest.
Sansom is not unusual in this; there is a long tradition of crime novelists who think a bawdy sidekick is more than enough passion for the lone detective - but in the sordid over-and-underworlds of his London, the omission of a little honest passion seems an odd kind of self-censorship.
But the only response that matters now is a common position which brooks no more argument: not to say in divisive detail what may or may not happen just down the road, but to pledge, with the honest passion we affect to feel that, whether repulsed in time or not, this particular tyranny will not be allowed to stand.
Serious, ambitious Yale standards are still reflected in much of his conduct; in indiscriminate admiration for bustling success, in strong regard for conventional morality, in honest passion for accuracy; physically, in conservative, baggy clothes, white shirts with buttoned-down collars, solid-color ties.
My real, authentic, honest, raw passion that drives me in my work was simply lacking for this project.
Find and pursue passions; be honest whether the passion belongs to the child or parents.
And no chemical analysis can sort out, in a given sale price, a ratio of considerations that may include honest judgment, heartfelt passion, and competitive exigency.
"He's very emotional and completely honest about his passions.
His warmth of personality and his passion for honest debate about the Christian faith led to him speaking to a packed cathedral and full churches across his diocese and beyond.
