Kevin McCloud Quotes
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 still keep my accent.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it's just going back and rebuilding and getting better.
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I've always thought about my legacy - more so, though, my impact off the field and how I'm helping my community and solidifying and strengthening the lives of others around me. And also, I just want to be a dominant football player, too. So it encompasses everything.
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We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
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If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy is extremism and radicalism.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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It's difficult to find an actress prepared to play a fading star.
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Growing up is loving what you can afford to.
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White racial grievance enjoys automatic credibility, and even when disproven, it is never disqualifying of its bearers.
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I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.
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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.
