I love producing shows. And so when you’re on a show where other people are making decisions you don’t necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.
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More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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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.
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I didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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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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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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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
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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.’
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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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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 actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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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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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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