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As a kid, I was school swot, but I used to hang around the billiard halls, learning that Geordie sense of humour, mixing with low-lifes. They were the sort who'd pick your pocket and then say 'Here you are lad, here's tuppence, get yourself some chips'. I was a good rugby player, a good runner, so I fitted in at Cambridge quite easily. Sid Waddell
Good You Learning Yourself School Sense Rugby Humour Say Kid Easily Runner Some Pocket Pick Sort Around Halls Cambridge Were Mixing Fitted Get Hang Quite Lad Chips Then Your Used Player Here
It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about commenting on darts is that no one knows exactly what I'm going to come out with next - and neither do I. Sid Waddell
Me Out One Of The Things Neither Exactly Exactly What Darts About Mental Gymnastics No-One Come Most Knows Verbal Commenting Going Form Next Appeals Things
The thing about darts is that you've got to shout. It's not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You've got to hurl yourself at it. Sid Waddell
You Yourself Analyse Cricket Hurl Darts About Like Talk Him Does Got Bloody Michael Where Ask Shout Nuances Thing
I want the little lassies who are thinking of going to a nightclub in Cardiff to stop to see what that guy's screaming for, or Grandma to put her knitting down to see why that guy's chatting about Alexander the Great. I'm after pulling in, whether it's in Manila, Beijing or whatever, the biggest possible audience. Sid Waddell
Great Whatever Down Thinking Alexander Possible See About Guy Chatting Put Knitting Audience Going Stop Screaming Beijing Want After Biggest Whether Little Manila Grandma Who Why Her Nightclub Pulling
I'm never quite as excited as people think because with my voice, when I shout, I squeak. Sid Waddell
People Think Voice Never Excited Because Quite Shout
I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that. Simon Cowell
Myself Day Sometimes Will Three Bath Addition Steam Take Cleanliness Obsessed Times Twice Twice A Day
I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here. Simon Cowell
Politics Me People Country Live Hated About Potential Equally Always Am Passionate Lecturing Celebrities Forgive Forgive Me Who Here
When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. Simon Cowell
Today Me Rights Young Victim Local Criminal Worry Punish Broke Would Would-Be Someone Smack More Tendency He House Policeman Got Caught Pinching Than Burglar Happened Sued Mum Apples
At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong. Simon Cowell
You World Think Rule Wrong Get Cocky
Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that. Simon Cowell
Rules Boredom Like Equal
When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. Simon Cowell
You Invention Big Think Seeing Spirit Seems Inventions Inventors Ads Idea Always Got Big Idea America Next
I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt. Simon Cowell
Food You Library Book Collection John See John Grisham Like Sophisticated Look Looked Fridge Yogurt Tastes Children Chips Average Jaws Wars Star Star Wars
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. Simon Cowell
You Competition Winner Find Object Because Makes Losers Get Process Frustrated Mean
The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril. Simon Cowell
Today You Facebook People Power Twitter Increasing Else Everything Everything Else Only Cater Peril Likes Audience Dislikes Your Ignore
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. Simon Cowell
Time People Phone Sit Own Phone Calls My Own Stuff Days Make Calls Very Get Just Depressed Them
The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead. Simon Cowell
You Happy Assuming See Minute Dead Audience Very Same Again Show Start
I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. Simon Cowell
Great You People World Entrepreneur Think Nut Once Enthusiastic Great Place Most Because Audiences Crack America Get Place Hard
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. Simon Cowell
Punctuation Put Make Sure Still Texts Capital
I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want. Simon Cowell
Dog Care Else Would No-One Like dont Care Get Want Should Rescue
I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years. Simon Cowell
Day Hundred Gym Couple Been Years
I don't think I can do this anymore. Simon Cowell
Think Anymore
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. Simon Cowell
Best You Assure Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Spent Security Thousands Pounds Safe Very Bank England Homes
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. Simon Cowell
Love You People Other Feel Like Making Passenger Making Decisions Where After While Decisions Producing Show Agree Shows Necessarily Start
Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself. Simon Cowell
Myself You Every Know Essentially Want Produced Show Ever Watch
I don't want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that's what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time. Simon Cowell
Time Me Old First Met Year Tell First Time Got Year-Old Doing Want Justin Them Justin Bieber Should
I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am. Simon Cowell
Food Old First Way Out Could Hot Am Years Turned Realized Why
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