The Brooks Robinson fan, though, was instantly recognizable as human driven by passion, fueled by memory, eager to connect and relate.

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Or do you want to encourage them to discover their unique talents, to be driven by passion, love and a sense of purpose?

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Both relied on people from vastly different backgrounds and places, driven by passion, coming together to build environments of unusual trust and mutual support.

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But all this activity is driven by his passion for ending homelessness.

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The US has a culture tolerant of failure, driven by individual passion.

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Known as an innovator and pioneer in the fields of wireless medicine and genomics, Topol is driven by a passion for reducing healthcare costs.

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New microbreweries are opening across Poland every month, and Krakow is becoming one of the best places in Europe to sample Polish beers made by producers driven more by their passion for quality than by building a lucrative large-scale business.

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We were strongly driven by our collective passion to make the world.

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But to be an agent you have to be driven by money, not passion, says Goldberg.

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Is it driven by zeal or skepticism, passion for what your are doing, pragmatism?

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The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.

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Consequently, an economic landscape driven by ultra-niche lifestyle businesses bred from passion arrives, providing eerie levels of crafted customization presented in soulful and sustainable ways.

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"We were driven by the scale of the idea and a shared passion for the poetic dimension of engineering and its sculptural potential, " says Norman Foster in "Millau Viaduct, " a slim monograph on the bridge.

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Closer to the American mainstream are the box office film hit (which no one had predicted) The Passion of the Christ and the bestseller book by Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life, which has sold more than 15 million copies.

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