Gord Downie

I grew up on the lake and spent most of that time outdoors. As a musician, I travel widely around the country and talk to a lot of people, from all walks of life. That experience, combined with my rock and roll roots gives me something of an affinity for the underdog. In many ways, the environment is also the underdog - so, it's an easy fit.

Canadian Musician

Ophelia Lovibond

You're sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don't have nerves because of that natural affinity.

English Actress

Rainn Wilson

I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.

American Actor

Paddy Ashdown

Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.

British Politician

Theodore Parker

Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.

American Theologian

Padmapriya Janakiraman

My entry into films was forced, and I always had an affinity towards academics. Having said that, it is the artiste within that urged me to say yes to acting.

Indian Actress

Foxy Brown

I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that.

American Musician

Sue Monk Kidd

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

American Writer

Guy Pearce

I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.

English Actor

Liev Schreiber

You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.

Use 'affinity' to express a deep emotional connection, not just a casual interest.

Emotional Connection

'Affinity' carries a positive tone, suggesting a sense of enjoyment or kinship with the subject.

Positive Feeling

People or groups with an 'affinity' often share common interests or goals.

Shared Interests

In science, 'affinity' means a strong connection or resemblance, and is used in more technical discussions.

Technical Context

Use 'affinity' to compare things analytically and show how closely they are related.

Analytical Use

'Affinity' in chemistry refers to the natural tendency of substances to combine or react with each other.

Chemical Attraction

'Affinity' can indicate the strength of binding or attraction in a chemical context.

Binding Strength

In biology, 'affinity' may refer to a shared evolutionary history or anatomical similarity.

Evolutionary Link

Use 'affinity' to discuss genetic resemblances that indicate a close evolutionary relationship.

Genetic Connection

 as to some degree having personality and as being something that we can, not only respect but really marvel at. I don't have any illusions that sharks or fish which is what they are off course will ever be held in the same regard that a fury mammal, I think we have a national affinity

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 in death sentences and the affinity for life without the possibility of parole by an erosion of support for the death penalty because people still support the death penalty what's happened to cause this phenomenon what's happened is that lawyers who represent death row inmates

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 by these moral breaches earlier in their life. I think most of us want to do the right thing. And then connection regrets. We want love, not love only in the romantic sense, but love in the broader sense of connection and relationship and affinity with other people.

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 but we can't explain the decline in death sentences and the affinity for life without the possibility of parole by an erosion of support for the death penalty, because people still support the death penalty. What's happened to cause this phenomenon?

 have told us that people feel small but connected to the world. And their prosocial behavior increases, because they feel an increased affinity towards others. And we've also shown in this study that people have less need for cognitive control.

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 because when you threaten its life from its roots it throws off things folk basil sprouts so the exact genetic fingerprint of this stump and any other stump in this whole region is in the basil sprouts I have a real affinity for these stumps

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 was not because he was being rude he just didn't see that over time this has made an incredible impact this year he enrolled in kindergarten completely on his own he we've taken him snowboarding he's developed an affinity for math and

Disability does not...

 do this is why you do and you don't want them to destroy your world it's not very complicated actually children have a natural affinity for nature and all we do is we open the gate and let nature

To Save Tigers, India...

 and other times they are actually resulting in images that have a very clear affinity with a particular artistic or cultural tradition I try to tell stories about the natural world

Interview: Frans Lanting...

 the smallest cub Maya seems to have a special affinity with the water she's always been the most playful of the three