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" I don't know whether other asthma sufferers find this, but I've noticed that even when I've got my asthma under control, I often develop another problem such as an ear, chest or sinus infection and sometimes even joint pains. "

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" I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore with three-button high-waisters at comprehensive school. Regret is for wimps. "

Kevin McCloud

Way

School

Clothes

" Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. "

" I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost. "

" Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family. "

" Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung. "

" There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money. "

" I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. "

Kevin McCloud

Absurd

Brothers

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing. "

Kevin McCloud

Avoid

Fair

" There's nothing you can do about busted ribs. You just have to wait for them to pop back into place again. "

" 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. "

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

" Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it. "

" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "

" My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew. "

" Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet. "

" I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled. "

" I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Building design isn't trendy. "

" 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.' "

" As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given. "

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

" One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre. "

" I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve. "

" What happened in 2008 stopped people in their tracks. People stopped looking at their homes simply as commodities to exploit and starting thinking about how they might personalise that space and make them less bland and more autobiographical, and that's healthy, I think. "

" My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. "

" A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone. "