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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.

Simon Cowell

I’ve always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn’t like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
SIMON COWELL

Boss Salary Wanted
I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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Levels School Three
I don’t mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I’m used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
SIMON COWELL

Competition Hard Mean Work
I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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Done Jumping Thailand
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.
SIMON COWELL

Country Years Zero
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.
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People Phones Stuff
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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Conflict Interesting Personality
I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don’t know what that audience are into and I don’t particularly like that kind of music.
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Alternatives Country People Rocks Snow
I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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Country Hilarious Language People
They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don’t want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.
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Artist Country People Song Understand Years
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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Country Home People Safe
It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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Buns Criticism Hamburgers
Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.
SIMON COWELL

Attitude Choices Decision
Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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Gestures Needs Thinking
I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there’s something about, I don’t know there’s something very special when you’ve signed an artist and that first record comes in and it’s a good record. It is an indescribable feeling.
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Artist Feelings Shows
It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
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Feelings Hurt Opinion

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.

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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.

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