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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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Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.
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I support Bernie [Sanders] and I love his approach.
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There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.
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I believe that all marijuana is medical.
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Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.
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You know that old joke about potheads having bad memories? Well, the bad memories are like pain, discomfort, and fear. So you lose all that, and the body reacts by healing faster and stronger.
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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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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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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've always been into improvisation.
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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
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I only smoke maybe a nug a day.
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Look at all the drug busts all over the country. There must be an audience there somewhere. My feeling is that if we're losing the war on drugs, let's do a movie for the enemy.
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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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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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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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