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" 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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts. "

" I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me. "

Kevin McCloud

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Money

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

" When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger. "

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

" 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. "