Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong) Quotes
Because the pot takes the edge off the adrenaline, and it also clears your mind of it, and then you can see things a lot clearer.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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For me, family has always come first.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.
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The attitude of the business community towards investment in Austria and Germany has always been positive, as both the countries have earned their reputation as countries with a consistent economic environment.
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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
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It was sort of a solution to financial problems when I was a little kid. I just kept doing it because it's fun to be on movie sets.
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Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.
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Party is the madness of many, for the gain of a few.
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I really only ever go on sun holidays so in my experience I prepare myself for the beach.
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Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.
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I like songs that make me feel tough. Like 'Back in Black.' You want to hear it again and get in a fight.
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I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that if I say, 'God, this is what I want,' He says, 'I'll give you your desires, as long as they line up with My will.'
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If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
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Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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Because the pot takes the edge off the adrenaline, and it also clears your mind of it, and then you can see things a lot clearer.
