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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me,...
KIMBERLY WILLIS HOLT There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.
GEORGE ORWELL Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children....
LOUISE BROWN Those games always got the juices flowing and were always exciting games.
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BECKY G Best season of my life, best year of my life.
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AVI All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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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...
SIMON COWELL You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
SIMON COWELL People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
SIMON COWELL The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aft...
SIMON MAINWARING