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 COWELLI’m a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you’re OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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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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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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.)
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Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That’s harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who’ve got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.
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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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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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I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
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My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
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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 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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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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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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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
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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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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.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
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