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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
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Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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I look on everything with a very optimistic eye. Because I'm a body builder by trade, you know, that was my intent all my life.
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When you hit a groove, it's not you it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.
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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 support Bernie [Sanders] and I love his approach.
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Marijuana has become like currency. Anytime you grow a crop like marijuana, or wheat, or corn, or anything that people consume on a daily basis, you're [getting] into a huge economic area.
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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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The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.
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I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.
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Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you it's the spirit world.
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When you smoke marijuana, you are in the moment and you are happy. You forget about any worries of the past or the future.
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I believe that all marijuana is medical.
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I do believe that [Bill] Clinton never inhaled ...because when I met him, he had no idea who I was.
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Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.'
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You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.
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To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.
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We have never been big smokers, neither Cheech [Marine] nor I. We were too creative, and we had a lot to do. We are actors and to be honest, I am the type of person that can reference a thought or a smell and get high.
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Once you're a felon you're a target.
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More than anything, the weed really helped with my mental state, because marijuana works on the brain. And if anything, it soothes the brain.
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