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" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Luxury
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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. "
Kevin McCloud
Life
Why
Work
" Building design isn't trendy. "
Kevin McCloud
Design
Trendy
Building
" 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
Like
Avoid
Fair
" It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered? "
Kevin McCloud
Life
Events
Cake
" 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.' "
Kevin McCloud
People
Hate
Dislike
" Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family. "
Kevin McCloud
House
Building
Own
" Life involves other people and it is a compromise. "
Kevin McCloud
Life
People
Other
" I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it. "
Kevin McCloud
Country
Farm
God
" We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet. "
Kevin McCloud
Future
Now
Society
" Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich. "
Kevin McCloud
You
Building
Opportunity
" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "
Kevin McCloud
Life
Private Life
Public Domain
" I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled. "
Kevin McCloud
Follows
Anyone
Less
" Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool. "
Kevin McCloud
Land
Off
Paddling
" One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre. "
Kevin McCloud
Excellence
Quiet
Mistake
" I spend a frightening amount of money on books. "
Kevin McCloud
Books
Frightening
Money
" Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800. "
Kevin McCloud
Pretty
Sexiest
Doing
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Design
Glass
Cool
" When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long. "
Kevin McCloud
University
Without
Focus
" I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me. "
Kevin McCloud
Who
Money
Me
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Scenery
Theatre
Successful
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Soon
See
People
" There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money. "
Kevin McCloud
Reason
Imagination
Your
" Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. "
Kevin McCloud
Daily
Your
Experience
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Believe
Successful
Trust
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Energy
People
Great
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Conversation
Yourself
I Am
" I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political. "
Kevin McCloud
Driven
Political
Issues
" I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture. "
Kevin McCloud
Enjoy
Small
Shadows
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Time
Money
Friends
" 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. "
Kevin McCloud
Fall
Day
Time