Kevin McCloud Quotes
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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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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It's not my style to judge anybody.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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You listen to Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio in it, and it's not Black Sabbath. They should have just called it 'Heaven and Hell' right from the beginning. Because you listen to that 'Heaven and Hell' album, that doesn't sound anything close to Black Sabbath.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
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This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
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When the law says you're entitled to an attorney, it doesn't mean you're entitled to an attorney who sleeps or an attorney who doesn't do his job.
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Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
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Having embraced Islam, I felt as if I were born again. I found in Islam the answers to those queries which I had failed to find in Christianity.
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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.
