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

" Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious. "

" 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. "

" Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop. "

" In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. "

" I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them. "

" 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. "

" My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.' "

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

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

Simon Cowell

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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. "

Simon Cowell

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" Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people. "

" The only magazines I read are car magazines. "

" I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.' "

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

" I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand. "

" The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. "

" 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 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. "

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

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" 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? "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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