Word: passion
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...pursuits—whether in laboratories, classrooms, poor neighborhoods, charter schools, the media, or state legislatures—the lure of such rewards, especially as they are reasonably attainable for people of such high abilities, became hard to resist. Most Rhodes Scholars who don’t have a passion for the most remunerative careers (when one cannot fairly quarrel) still do resist, but they tell me it gets harder every year...
Instead of preparing for a specific career, Alemany urged undergraduates to develop a passion, regardless of how it relates to a particular field of employment...
...Excel at something,” Alemany said. “Show you have passion, whether it is for a sport, or a club, or a course. Employers respect that...
...once told an Arab journalist, "they said that Dubai was crazy." Certainly few Arab leaders have demonstrated such a relentless drive to succeed. He imagined Dubai as a great city from Islam's rich heritage, a Baghdad or a Cordoba. His immense appetite for work is matched by a passion for play. He is a world-class thoroughbred racer and breeder and, at 62, he remains a celebrated equestrian who engages in arduous endurance races across hundreds of miles of terrain. Doubtless it takes a politician of supreme self-confidence not only to write Arabic poetry but to post...
...come out with any emotion, with no firepower, and we did that consistently throughout the game,” captain Alex Biega said. “It wasn’t just the first period, it was an ongoing event. We didn’t have much passion, much fire out there tonight...