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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.

Simon Cowell

My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
SIMON COWELL

Achievement Artist Made
There’s one argument that says we shouldn’t be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you’ve got to take it case by case.
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Age Country Kids People Thinking
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
SIMON COWELL

Animals Stars
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL

Country Dresses Female People
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
SIMON COWELL

Conflict Interesting Personality
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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Arguing People Records
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.
SIMON COWELL

Artist Feelings Shows
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

Jobs Lessons Want
You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.
SIMON COWELL

Ships Singing Song
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 still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
SIMON COWELL

Capital Punctuation Stills
Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
SIMON COWELL

Boredom Equal Rules
I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
SIMON COWELL

Country Learned People Stress Way
You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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Hate Mosquitoes Want
I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain’s got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you’re talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.
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Country Legacy People Talking Thinking
I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
SIMON COWELL

Levels School Three
You sounded like Dolly parton on helium.” (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'”Eight Days A Week.)
SIMON COWELL

Country Eight Idols Season
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
SIMON COWELL

Hard Work People Work
I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
SIMON COWELL

Fancy Hate Spaghetti
It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
SIMON COWELL

Country Intention Mean People
Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
SIMON COWELL

Gestures Needs Thinking
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.
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Boss Salary Wanted
I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
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Being Different People Want
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.
SIMON COWELL

Honest Person Thinking Unhappy
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
The only magazines I read are car magazines.
SIMON COWELL

Car Magazines Only
Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
SIMON COWELL

Flattery Nice Stranger

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