But then he was a man who was uncommonly loyal to his childhood passions.

The circus had been a childhood passion, and the return to that suggests a case of arrested development.

He has even been out riding horses - a childhood passion.

Hsu worked as an architect for five to six years before pursuing his childhood passion of narrative art.

Kalman's work is a natural result of her childhood passion: good penmanship.

Hawks then returned to his childhood passion for car races with Red Line 7000 in 1965.

After injuries cut short his professional football career, he fell back on a childhood passion: cars.

Initiated and inspired by this childhood passion, he sought a career as a concert pianist.

She also decided to return to riding, a childhood passion.

But for a 38-year-old mother and preschool teacher who just rediscovered a childhood passion a year ago, her performance on Friday was sublime.