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" You always want to go to a party where you get an invite. "
Simon Cowell
Always
Go
You
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" I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts. "
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" I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years. "
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" Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious. "
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" I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand. "
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" I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England. "
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" What I would argue in my defence is that shows like 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'The X Factor' have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores. "
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Got
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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. "
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Achievement
Because
Involved
" I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap. "
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Day
Dream
Great
" I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels. "
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School
Three
Left
" In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. "
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Film
Never
Music
" 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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Politics
I Am
Always
" When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.' "
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Make
Say
Always
" If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless. "
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People
" 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! "
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Success
Life
Money
" At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong. "
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Cocky
You
Think
" My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face. "
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Tell
Attitude
Face
" The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead. "
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Happy
" Thank God kids love following an artist. When you get a group who pop, it's the best thing in the world. "
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" When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. "
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First
Best
You
" 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. "
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World
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American
" Sometimes when you have a record out, you think you're going to go in at No. 1 but you go in at No. 8. So your second record has to be better. That's how I treat it. "
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Treat
" Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator. "
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" The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love. "
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True
Think
Always
" If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right. "
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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. "
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You