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I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.
Simon Cowell
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Simon Cowell
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Actor
Composer
Film Producer
Record Producer
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Television Presenter
Television Producer
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Lambeth
Simon Phillip Cowell
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It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence.
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My heart, my lungs, my blood - they've all been checked. I remember one of the doctors almost being disappointed when he showed me the results because he couldn't wait to tell me what smoking was doing to me. But there was nothing there.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.
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It's not our intention to be mean. That's just within us.
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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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At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver.
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You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
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I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern... I'm pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
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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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You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures.
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I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.
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I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.
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The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
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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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Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.
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Well, it's basically the viewers who determine it. We - well, basically the producers and myself chose the people we felt had the best reaction, you know, through the press, the Internet, the people we thought deserved a second chance. And they've chosen a winner, I believe.
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I was slightly cynical of the American mentality before I came over here, but now I preach it. Here, no one's going to tear you down if you buy yourself a $300,000 car. They're likely to say: Well, you probably worked hard for it. Good luck to you.
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