The game became his lifelong passion that defined much of his life, both public and private.

Guggenheim's private and collecting passions fed each other to an unusual degree.

Like everyone else, Washington officials have their private passions.

Public interest took a far higher place in his estimation than any private passion or favour.

For all his fame in basketball, his private passion was volleyball.

Some of the once aristocratic families have fallen on hard times and others use their wealth to pursue private passions.

This of course set my private passions spinning.

"Bugaku" concerns the contrasts that can exist between social behavior and private passion in any culture.

They say how private passion shaped public policy.