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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.

Tommy Chong

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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
Comedian
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Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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I'm as clean as a whistle.
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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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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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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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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
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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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[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 support Bernie [Sanders] and I love his approach.
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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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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 wish I could say farewell and retire but there is nothing for me to retire from.
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I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.
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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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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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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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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've always been into improvisation.
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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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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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One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded.
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