Simon Cowell Quotes

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Simon Cowell

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : October 7, 1959

Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.

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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

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We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

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I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap.

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The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

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If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.

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I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.

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I don't think I can do this anymore.

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I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.

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If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her.

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I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

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Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

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When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

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My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.

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I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.

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I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I'm being honest.

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At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

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If I went to a psychiatrist, it would be a long session. I've always thought that I do have a number of issues that probably need dealing with, because I am quite odd in some ways.

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Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

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I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

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