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Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.

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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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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
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You got a bag of pot, there's someone who wants to buy it from you. So in a weird way, marijuana has [become] and is becoming the new currency of the world.
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Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.
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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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I never actually smoked with any of the presidents.
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Boredom is a disease, too.
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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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I wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.
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There's the exciting part about comedy - if you catch an act just before they go mainstream, that's the best. After they hit the mainstream, everything gets watered down a little bit.
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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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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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When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.
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There's a big shift in our whole way of living, and it started maybe 10 years ago when [smartphones] came into existence. Up until then, we were at the mercy of the press, and so-called experts that would tell us what to think and how to think.
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I've always been into improvisation.
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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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Once you're a felon you're a target.
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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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I am off all the cancer meds. Energy is a bit low but other than that, I feel really good.
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