But even if an entrepreneur brings the right levels of passion, precision, talent, and temerity, these characteristics count for little unless they're put to work executing the right business model.
Clad unironically in tweed and tortoiseshell specs, the Oxbridge undergrads articulate themselves with the kind of precision and passion that I can only muster for discussions of the Jim-Pam storyline in The Office seasons 2 and 3.
Maxwell veered from his potent comeback single "Lake By the Ocean" into Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" with the precision and passion of a lifelong Prince student. .
Karen Gomyo made the point vividly in her account of the Violin Sonata, which was full of spirit and fire and very close to the music in combining delicacy and precision with passion.
The Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra is invariably rated among the best in the world, its reputation based on the unusual combination of passion and precision that has long characterized the orchestra of Furtwangler, von Karajan and now Abbado.
The pianist conveyed plenty of passion in the precision of the hymn-like slow movement and in Beethoven's racing, defiantly self-conscious dance in the coda, which came off as bizarre as ever.
Rather than sounding like everyone else, it was Hayes' unique vocal style — infusing classical precision with the passion and devotion of Negro spirituals — that brought him international renown and set a trailblazing precedent for African Americans in the performing arts during the early 1900s.
While the group's playing hardly lacks precision — the unforgiving simplicity of minimalist pieces on its Caramoor set list, like "The Hours" by Philip Glass and "The Blue Room" by Phil Kline, demands it — the precision is never achieved at the expense of passion, Ms. Rowell said.
One might quibble with one interpretive decision or another — for me the triple beat of the Menuetto seemed overstated — but there was no arguing with the passion and precision of the performance, or the richness of the sound that Mr. Laredo drew from his young players.
LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET The ensemble, unmatched for both the passion and precision of its playing, joins an old friend, the clarinettist Todd Palmer, for a program featuring Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Dvořák's Quartet No. 13 in G Major, along with a new work by David Bruce.
Needless to say, the brilliance, passion and precision of the performers, under Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert, made it a thrilling experience.
