Sonny Bono Quotes
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.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
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I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.'
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When I stepped down from the evening news at the age of 65, in '81, things were still going well. Immediately after that, the whole tenor of the CBS News Department changed.
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First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition.
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I was pretty bad. When I first was diagnosed with kidney failure, my function - the function of my kidney was less than 8 percent.
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The Old Vegas is gone. It's not that it's necessarily better or worse; it's just totally different.
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No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and not just want to hack it off?
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The rules of game shows limit stuff so much. I remember on 'Money From Strangers,' being in the van - not even performing - and there was a lawyer there the entire time. 'No, you can't give money for that. Yes, you can give money for that. That's a partial answer. That's a full answer.'
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Modern money is almost altogether credit money.
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I was really naïve. I had no idea artists made money.
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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.
