"When everything goes well, the star will take the credit for it, " he says.
He even allows another architect to take the credit for a public housing project that he designed.
"The club were in the top six when I came here so I can't take the credit for that, " Ward said.
But he did tell the BBC he has never tried to take the credit for the government getting involved with children's services.
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And if you listen to the Lib Dem spin doctors, they will take the credit for virtually everything else the government has done as well.
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The civic groups can also take the credit for another, admittedly small, step: party leaders will now probably make the selection procedure for parliamentary candidates a little more open.
She argued that it was the last Labour government which introduced tax breaks for creative industries, but Mr Vaizey said that Labour could not take the credit for current successes.
This covers not only teenaged boys, getting a thrill by watching a fire take hold and spread, but those motivated by the "hero factor" - people who want to be involved and to take the credit for fighting the blaze.
Back in the Sun , its leader column is devoted to a plea for Tony Blair and the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, to end what the paper perceives as a "war" over who should take the credit for the booming economy.
And he accused David Cameron and Theresa May of "playing politics" with policing and trying to "take the credit for tough and correct action taken by the police while at the same time trying to pass the buck for any criticisms back to them".
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Dr Miles does not think the Bank can take all the credit for rising asset price.
The eurozone can't take all the credit for that - the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep its official interest so low is clearly a big part of it.
His contribution was a key factor in Mazembe's Champions League success, but he was quick to not take all the credit for himself.
Stephen Harper, the Conservative leader, can also take some of the credit for Mr Martin's difficulties.
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Chalfin outlasted both Hoffman and Suarez on the project, to some degree pushing them out of the way so that he could both supervise construction of the house and gardens and take credit for the work.
The lawyers were quick to take credit for the sales decline in a statement earlier this year, claiming that by "focusing attention on the conduct of tobacco companies and the dangers of cigarette smoking, " they compelled more people to quit.
The theory is, do nothing, take credit for the good times and everybody gets re- elected.
As stunning as these results are, they are matched by the silence on the part of the Republican leadership and Presidential candidates to take credit for the economic benefits of doing nothing.
Of course Samaranch cannot take all of the credit for the financial revival of the Olympics.
Juan Antonio Samaranch can take much of the credit for this.
Hearst can take some of the credit for the fact that owners of most mass-circulation American newspapers find it best to moderate, or at least disguise, their opinions.
The millions of pounds of subsidies poured into Liverpool, London's docklands, Manchester's Hulme wastelands and Sheffield's light railway can take some of the credit for those cities' improving fortunes.
So why look to Mr Chirac for a lead when most people now think that Lionel Jospin, their Socialist prime minister, is a sensible, honest sort of person, who can take much of the credit for France's currently rather perky condition?
This bridge-building role continued after he returned to South Africa, and he can take much of the credit for reassuring South African and international business interests, and foreign governments, that a post-apartheid South Africa would be a safe place for their money.
He also will take some of the credit for the nation's robust economy and an array of statistics behind the economy, including the longest peacetime expansion in U.S. history, lowest welfare rolls in 30 years and the first back-to-back government surpluses in 43 years.
Because of the secretive nature of what they do, as well as the lack of any official organizational structure, no official spokesperson for Antisec or Anonymous came forward to take credit for the hack.
That risk seems pretty small, because the Bank will impose big discounts, or haircuts, on the assets it will take from banks in return for the credit it provides to them.
By all means, Republican governors should take credit for the economic turnarounds in their states.
He watched Fey take full credit for the murals, and receive all the accolades.
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