Douglas Wilson Quotes

• Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.

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• Use plants to bring life.

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• Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.

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• Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn’t realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

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• Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.

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• They don’t know they’re living in a glass house.

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• There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the.

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• Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

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• Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.

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• It’s a character I’ve created. Actually, that’s pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

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• Inexpensive is good.

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• In two days, it’s hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project.

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• I’ve made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.

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• I’ve had rooms that didn’t come out to my liking.

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• I’ve enjoyed being a part of something from the beginning, when we were still finding our footing.

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• I’m very flattered, but I don’t think I’m the se*iest man on the planet.

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• I’m having the time of my life and I’m glad people are enjoy it.

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• I was supposed to be the antithesis of Frank.

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• I see the same coffee table everywhere. It’s mass marketing.

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• I look at each episode in two ways – from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint – this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.

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Douglas Wilson (25)

Birth:	4th November, 1964
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Designer, Philanthropist, Television Personality

About

Douglas Arthur Wilson is an American interior designer, philanthropist and TV Personality. He is the former host of "Moving Up", which also airs on TLC. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On the show, Wilson is known for his flamboyant and confrontational manner and for sometimes completely disregarding the homeowner's wishes. In private practice, he has collaborated with such interior designers as Albert Hadley and Alexa Hampton. Clients include Brooke Astor, Michael Bloomberg, and Barbara Walters. He is the author of a guide to home interior design, Doug's Rooms: Transforming Your Space One Room at a Time.

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