I’ve never tried to be anything but me. Even with Slipknot, where it can almost feel like a roll sometimes, it’s still a part of who I am. It’s a very strong and passionate part of who I am, and I’m lucky enough to have an audience that is really open to what I do.
I don’t see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I’m passionate.
And the reason I came to IBM was I think – I always say at a really early age, I learned you’ve got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.
I’m passionate about encouraging girls to be confident in their own skin.
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he’s so smart; so articulate, such an amazing speaker; such a passionate man. He’s humble.
Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with… I used to race cars since I was a child.
There is nothing I feel that connected or passionate about that would take me away from acting.
I’ve seen people be effective, even among local teams, by offering something that improves wellbeing in a small way – people who get passionate about smart investment strategies and managing finances for retirement, for example.
The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.
I’m going to be wrestling for as long as I can. It’s something I’m very passionate about and something that I love.
Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
The plight of the terrified Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border to escape violence and poverty in their homelands has launched a passionate and often bitter debate in Washington.
I’m a person who’s always been politically active and passionate about people’s rights.
I can’t just say yes to a movie. I have to be really passionate about it.
If the Italian is the most passionate lover in the world, it may be because he is the most restrained. Rigid convention denies him all contact with the lovelier girls, who never are free from chaperons.
If you find something that you’re passionate about, your world can change.
I have a long way to go as far as my acting career is concerned. Lots of milestones are to be achieved and dreams to be fulfilled. I would someday want to do playback singing, too, as I am a very passionate singer.
Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.
My dad has definitely sacrificed a lot for me, and I don’t know if I could do it if I was in his shoes. Leaving your life behind and chasing this dream because your kid is passionate about this sport.
I’m not a chef. But I’m passionate about food – the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.
There’s no master plan; I’m just going with what I’m inspired to do and what I get asked to do, and luckily the things I’ve been the most passionate about, I’ve gotten to do. And a lot of times I’ve gone up for movies that I didn’t really care that much about, and I never got that.
Do what you’re passionate about.
I find it completely irrational to say someone who stands up for life for children is taking the life of adult. It’s completely inconsistent with the values of the pro-life movement that are very passionate about protecting life, not taking life.
I look for roles that are a good story for me as an actress and what I think will grow me as an actress and person. I also just really enjoy working with people who are passionate about what they do.
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.
I’m going to be a Republican who happens to be black – who will talk about issues that I’m passionate about.
After four seasons of co-hosting ‘Wipeout,’ I have been given the opportunity to pursue new directions in my acting career, which I am very passionate about. I am extremely grateful to all those at ‘Wipeout,’ Endemol and ABC, who have been so supportive of me through these years.
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in ‘Swan Lake’ was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now.
Everything I’ve done has had purpose and has been passionate and has been executed in the best way that I knew how. Maybe that’s not the perfect way. Maybe that’s not the easiest way. But it’s the best way I knew how to do it.
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence – suddenly you go into a battle, suddenly you utter something passionate.
I’m obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I’m very passionate about that.
Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I’m a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good.
I’ve always been very passionate about acting. I appeared in panto in the Everyman from the age of five.
I am passionate about singing, and I strive to improve with every song and keep getting better.
The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.
You get around people who see us away from the track, and it’s a pretty big contrast. You’re still competitive, and you still want to win everything, but I think in the car, we’re focused and passionate all the time. We get outside the car, and we’re a lot more relaxed and easygoing, enjoying things away from racing.
Acting is such a bizarre way of life. Unless you’re really passionate about it, you should give it up. Don’t beat yourself up.
I’m very much into the Gypsy Kings. It’s rumba and very festive, very passionate music, rhythmic guitar, passionate singing about love from happy people.
If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate advocate of Federation, Garran was one of several hands that drafted our constitution.
To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful – I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
One of our things is that money follows; it does not lead. So we want people that are fired up and passionate about their mission… and people that aren’t so married to spreadsheets and thinking that kind of voodoo controls the future. Because it doesn’t.
There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that’s what I’m passionate about as a mother.
I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.
I’ve lived a passionate life.
Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and I felt left behind. It took a bit of soul searching, but in the end, I finally had the guts to pursue acting.
If you can find something that you’re really passionate about, whether you’re a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.
Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate about, something that’s challenging and worthwhile.
It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You’ve got your big commerce and you’ve got your small films that you’re more passionate about.
I love being a mommy, and I love being an artist, and I love being a singer and an actress and making a movie – all that stuff I feel very passionate about, so I have a lot of energy for it.
I’ve always had an extremely passionate fan base.
I am a passionate civil libertarian.
I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It’s what I’m passionate about. I’ve actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That’s usually where a lot of disagreements come. It’s four guys who are musicians and don’t really know much about business, but are very passionate and have very specific ideas.
It’s very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can’t hear the inflections in your voice.
I look for people who’re passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.
Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
Don’t let anyone tell you your ideas are stupid or the thing you feel most passionate about ‘won’t work’ – it’s happened to me time and time again, and we find that if you push at what you think is interesting hard enough, you’re probably right.
