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Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

Tommy Chong

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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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The good thing about poverty is it keeps you from getting in trouble because if you can't afford drugs, people will stop giving them to you very quickly. So, being poor really helps - it's the success that kills you.
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I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts.
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One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded.
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Now the [smartphone] has freed everybody, and so everybody gets better. No matter what you say, people will check you out on their phone.
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I've always known, all my life, that I was going to be something special. I never knew what it was, but I always had that feeling. I think my mother installed it when I was a little guy.
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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
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