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" I hated school, but I love work. "
Simon Cowell
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" I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there. "
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" 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. "
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" Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people. "
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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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" I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper. "
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" 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. "
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" Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator. "
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" I can't admit things; that's why I can't go to funerals and stuff like that. I find it very, very difficult to deal with that kind of reality. I shut myself off totally because it affects me so badly. "
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" When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. "
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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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" If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world. "
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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 grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point. "
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