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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 like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food. "

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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. "

" As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius. "

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

" I've never bought a Dylan record. A singing poet? It just bores me to tears. I've got to tell you, if I had 10 Dylans in the final of 'American Idol,' we would not be getting 30 million viewers a week. I don't believe the Bob Dylans of this world would make 'American Idol 'a better show. "

" I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt. "

" 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. "

" I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed. "

" You always want to go to a party where you get an invite. "

Simon Cowell

Always

You

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

" I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness. "

" For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions of pounds on marketing and this and that, you have this amazing thing now called fan power. The whole world is linked through a laptop. It's amazing. And it's free. I love it. It's absolutely brilliant. "

" 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. "

" You are a saucy little thing aren't you? "

" I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it. "

" If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm 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. "

" It's not my habit to kiss and tell. I've never done it. "

" 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. "

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

" It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence. "

" I don't think I can do this anymore. "

" 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. "

" Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. "

" Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing. "

" I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year - who cares? "

Simon Cowell

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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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" I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it. "

" When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now. "