Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong) Quotes
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 had no expectations of white people at all.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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Don't say I was tough. I was strong. I had to be, because Ronnie liked everybody and sometimes didn't see - or refused to see - what the people around him were really up to. But everything I did, I did for Ronnie. I did for love.
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My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.
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The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.
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A lot of followers would tell me, 'You've helped me through my depression or helped me stop cutting.' Something as easy as posting a video keeps them happy, or talking to them on Twitter helps them realize that what they're going through is temporary.
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
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I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre.
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You won't catch me giving clear lectures.
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It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.
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I always thought that it's important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again.
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When people say, 'Nothing's coming to me,' they usually don't like what's coming to them.
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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.
