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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.
Tommy Chong
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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
Comedian
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Film Actor
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Musician
Screenwriter
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Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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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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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 believe that all marijuana is medical.
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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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So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.
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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 never actually smoked with any of the presidents.
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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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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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There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.
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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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When Mexicans sneak across the border, they're more apt to carry a bag of pot then they are a fistful of money. Because the pot can be exchanged for money, anywhere in America. Anywhere in the 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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Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.
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I'm as clean as a whistle.
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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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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
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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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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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We have a team in Nevada that is looking for licensed cultivators to grow Chong's Choice. Hopefully recreational passes this year and we can go full force.
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