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Boredom is a disease, too.

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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
Boredom
Disease

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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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I believe that all marijuana is medical.
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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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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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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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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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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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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
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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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So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.
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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 only smoke maybe a nug a day.
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Once you're a felon you're a target.
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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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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 want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.
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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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Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.
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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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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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