Kevin McCloud Quotes

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Kevin McCloud

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 8, 1959

People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't.

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I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league.

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I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

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You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence.

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I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

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My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

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I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

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I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.

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I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

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If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

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I hate negativity. I hate people who say the phrase 'I hate'. I really don't like the word 'hate.' Dislike, frightened of, terrified of, or yukky - but not 'hate.'

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Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

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I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

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Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

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I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

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If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique.

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I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.

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A friend of mine once wrote a silly article about all these metrosexuals like David Beckham wearing sarongs, and she described me as a 'heteropolitan.' I don't know what that means. I think it was a joke.

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I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

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I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

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