Adam Mansbach

In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls who have not experienced this kind of all-consuming love cannot possibly comprehend.

American Author

John Clayton

It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes.

English Clergyman

Charles A. Beard

During the election of Washington's successor, it became apparent that the country was sharply divided and that the dissatisfaction with Federalist policies was deep and fervent.

American Historian

Fumio Sasaki

Minimalism had to be born, not out of a mere spur-of-the-moment idea or yearning for a new lifestyle, but from an earnest desire and fervent need to rethink our lives.

Author

Walter Lippmann

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

American Journalist

Steve Largent

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

American Athlete

Gustavo Santaolalla

It's a deliberate choice. I am a fervent supporter of the idea that you don't have to have wall-to-wall music in good films.

Argentinian Musician

Melina Mercouri

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

Greek Actress

Zig Ziglar

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.

Bradley Chicho

Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.

English Poet

Use 'fervent' to emphasize the intensity of someone's feelings, stronger than just being supportive or interested.

Emotional Intensity

'Fervent' often carries a positive tone, suggesting admiration for someone's strong belief or enthusiasm.

Positive Persuasion

When describing a person as 'fervent', it suggests they may inspire others with their passion.

Emotional Appeal

'Fervent' can describe emotions or desires, not just physical heat, conveying a sense of burning intensity.

Beyond Physical Heat

Use 'fervent' metaphorically to describe a heated situation or conversation, suggesting high emotions involved.

Metaphoric Use

'Fervent' isn't always good; it can imply overwhelming or excessive emotions when contextually appropriate.

Not Always Positive

In religious contexts, 'fervent' often implies deep sincerity and spiritual intensity in worship or beliefs.

Religious Context

'Fervent' is not casual; it's usually reserved for serious commitment or strong dedication to something.

Not Casual

'Fervent' emphasizes personal conviction, well beyond merely performing a duty or following a trend.

Personal Conviction

 I learned the narrative art from those nightly sessions with my father because at first I'd be so excited I would blurt out the Dodgers won or the Dodgers lost which took much of the drama of this two-hour telling so I finally learned you had to stell a story from beginning to middle to end I must say so fervent was my love of the

Learning from past...

 Because Christianity had so fervently rejected physical beauty, these medieval artists purposefully avoided aesthetically pleasing forms. At first, decorations for churches or palaces were limited to interesting geometric patterns, which could be pleasing without inspiring sinful thoughts of physical pleasure.

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 that promotes intelligence, self-discipline, and courage, and all other kinds of music must be avoided. Furthermore, Plato fervently denounced any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation of the standards of civilization,

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 you'll find a small percentage of people who hold so fervently to their beliefs that they feel they must use any means necessary to make others live as they do. A few months prior to his arrest, he sat me down and explained that for the past few weekends, he and some friends

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 be proven or disproven. While most mathematicians accepted this new reality, some fervently debated it. Others still tried to ignore the newly uncovered a hole in the heart of their field. But as more classical problems were proven to be unprovably true,

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 mega beast using the literature that was available to us in the specimens that were currently in museums most of which were very fragmentary it was one fervent hope that we might eventually find a very complete specimen to help us refine

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 Fervent proponents of this idea were referred to as the acid mafia. The biggest hole in this theory was that antiacids only provide temporary relief. We now know that some rare ulcers are indeed caused by too much hydrochloric acid.

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 So let me tell you about a Hollywood party I went to a couple years back, and I met this up-and-coming actress, and we were soon talking about something that we both felt passionately public art. And she had the fervent belief

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 Their leaders fervently believed it was never too early to throw your own recipe out the window. Steve Jobs wanted to keep raising the bigger hits, longer run times. So he picked a couple of outsiders to drive a shake-up.

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 of LGBT rights as well, and his life is testament to the intersection of the struggles. The March on Washington is one of the high points of the movement, and it's where there was a fervent belief