Kevin McCloud Quotes
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.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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The Truth Apparent, apparent to everyone's eyes who are not blinded by dogmatism, is that men are perhaps weary of liberty. They have a surfeit of it. Liberty is no longer the virgin, chaste and severe, to be fought for … we have buried the putrid corpse of liberty … the Italian people are a race of sheep.
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We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.
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Nature hates calculators.
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I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.
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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.
