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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. "

Simon Cowell

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Rules

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American

Her

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Rescue

Get

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Work Ethic

Young

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Most

Things

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Need

Story

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Think

I Think

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