Stuart Adamson Quotes
Im not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live, and breathe, and see the sun in wintertime.
Quotes to Explore
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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I have to grow with my audience.
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A desert is a place without expectation.
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My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
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The Pyramids are perfect, but you can't put the Pyramids in the middle of Manhattan. In the desert, the combination of light and form makes it perfect.
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I couldn't breathe. I - I went into - literally, my kidneys stopped functioning. They stopped, you know, processing the fluid that was starting to build up in my body.
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.
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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
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I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that.
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The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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Just let your skin breathe.
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Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality.
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I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.
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The Flower that once has blown forever dies.
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I'm part of a speech therapy programme called the McGuire Programme. It teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way to speak, a brand new way of tackling the mind-sets that come with having a speech impediment. Mainly, it teaches you how to slow things down, and that has really helped me.
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I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.
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Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all It's a miracle. All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal That's a miracle. Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers dead and gone It's a miracle.
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Sunsets are loved because they vanish. Flowers are loved because they go. The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart. These are not the sole reasons, but at the heart of morning welcomes and afternoon laughters is the promise of farewell. In the gray muzzle of an old dog we see goodbye. In the tired face of an old friend we read long journeys beyond returns.
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Maturing as a poet means maturing as the whole man, experiencing new emotions appropriate to one's age, and with the same intensity as the emotions of youth.
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Im not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live, and breathe, and see the sun in wintertime.
