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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 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. "

Simon Cowell

Think

You

Stress

" I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can't make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Most things in music go full circle eventually. "

Simon Cowell

Most

Things

" 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. "

" If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world. "

" I've always treated the music business as a business. "

" Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself. "

" I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. "

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

Simon Cowell

Why

Gay

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

Simon Cowell

Work Ethic

Young

" I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. "

Simon Cowell

Mind

You

" 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. "

" I hated school, but I love work. "

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

" 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. "

" I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

Simon Cowell

Doing

Chemistry

" I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels. "

" Would I like kids? If I knew I could be - and how could I put this delicately - faithful, then yes. I do like kids. "

" 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. "

" I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am. "

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

" The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life! "

" When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. "

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