British - Designer | May 8, 1959 -
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
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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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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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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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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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