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Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words now are an improvisation. So the idea of 30 years is actually quite nebulous. It's impossible to encapsulate it. All you can do is go: 'what next?'


Simon McBurney

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SIMON COWELL My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
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