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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• 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.

  

  Tommy Chong
  • Mind
  • Pot
  • Edges