Simon Cowell Quotes

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Simon Cowell

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : October 7, 1959

The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril.

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I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.'

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You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

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My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'

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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

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I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons.

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I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.

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I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

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Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.'

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The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.

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Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.

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I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

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If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

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The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

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Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

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Sometimes when you have a record out, you think you're going to go in at No. 1 but you go in at No. 8. So your second record has to be better. That's how I treat it.

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The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

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Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

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I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

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I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

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