I don't look at what people ...

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.
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.
 Kevin McCloud

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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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.
 Kevin McCloud
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.
 Kevin McCloud
Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.
 Kevin McCloud
I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.
 Kevin McCloud
It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered?
 Kevin McCloud