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Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (/ˈboʊnoʊ/; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, producer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher, as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. He was mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992, and congressman for California's 44th district from 1995 until his death in 1998.

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I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

Hatred, Homophobic, Pandering, Racist

You've got to give someone like Cher a lot of credit. She's worked very hard to get where she is. I can't take that away from her.

Cher, Credit, Give, Giving, Hard

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

People, Runner, Stretch, Underestimate, Underestimate Me

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

Language, Lawyer, Maybe, Should Have, Used

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

Borrowing, Cling, Dies, Fame, Like, Money

We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism.

Bureaucracy, Fraught, Irs, Rid, Totalitarianism

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.

Creatures, Environment, People, Rats

It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident.

Accident, Came, Earthquake, Earthquakes, Fire, Scary

I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.

Maverick

No matter how revolutionary something is, if you keep doing it over and over and over then it does loses it's excitement and it's high dynamics and people get used to. . . get used to it like anything else you know um and then it just becomes a normal deal and then it becomes not very interesting at all.

Doe, Interesting, Know, Like, Matter, People

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Bob, Compare, Comparing, Criminals, Men

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

Businessman, Life, Mean, Songwriter, Successful, Tvs

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

Degrees, Disgusting, Goes On, Lawyer, Nth, Wonderful

Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.

Elvis, Like, Presley, Sings

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

Play, Records, Song, Write, Writing

Put your ego aside and play as a team.

Aside, Play, Softball, Team

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

Black, Congress, Here I Am, Kind, Sheep

Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

Cher, Entertainer, Entertainers, Life, Want, Wanted