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Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.

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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
Comedian
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Musician
Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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Boredom is a disease, too.
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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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I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.
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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
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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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[Donald Trump] is a true republican: he is hypocritical and two-faced, he's a liar, a cheat, and a thief and the more he speaks, the more his real character shows.
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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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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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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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I am off all the cancer meds. Energy is a bit low but other than that, I feel really good.
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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.
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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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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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