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" There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money. "
Kevin McCloud
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Imagination
Your
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" My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. "
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" Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma. "
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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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" I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled. "
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" Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" There's nothing you can do about busted ribs. You just have to wait for them to pop back into place again. "
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" You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence. "
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" I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. "
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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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" Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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Theatre
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" I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given. "
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" Life involves other people and it is a compromise. "
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" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "
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" Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family. "
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