Word: passionate
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Hemel’s friends say that there is no one more deserving of the scholarship. “He has genuine passion like I have never seen and his kindness continues to amaze me,” wrote roommate Scoop A. Wasserstein ’07 in e-mail. “I have absolute faith that whatever his profession, he will change the world for the better...
According to Keum, who describes herself as someone “without a specially born talent but with unique passion for my dreams,” her book conveys the idea that effort is key to success through her life story...
Gibson didn’t shy from gore in “Braveheart” or “The Passion of the Christ” and he certainly doesn’t here either. The moment you see a white waterfall, you know it’s only a matter of time before it is stained with red, and a cornfield just wouldn’t be a cornfield in a Gibson movie without a field of corpses behind...
...human bones, the actors and actresses that populate the screen do so beautifully, in particular the lead Rudy Youngblood. The casting, unconventional and far from stereotypical Hollywood, is impeccable, as is the decision to have the characters speaking a Mayan dialect (no worries, this, like “The Passion of the Christ,” has English subtitles). In English, the movie would be ludicrous, but in Mayan the alien words contribute to the recreation of this long gone world...
...Miller said. “On the one hand, they’ve committed to Kyoto [Protocol] but on the other their economy is experiencing ridiculous growth. I think reconciling these two things will pose a huge problem for them.” Miller’s passion for the environment began back home in North Dakota. He said that the devastation caused by the rapid housing development in North Dakota and Minnesota made him “want to work for change.” “When I got here, I knew environmentalism was something I wanted...