Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong) Quotes
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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I think artists are really the root of a tree. They can search for truth or reality in their own way, and the gallery can support them - the outside part of the tree, where it is more about reaching the outside world, connecting with the outside world. That is the role of the gallery, no? Why does the artist have to do that?
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what they do. I could never do their jobs, and they say they wouldn't know how to start to do a warm-up.
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I don't have any irrational fears. Obviously, if I was walking through the outback, and I saw a snake, I wouldn't go up and stroke it, but I wouldn't run screaming from it, either.
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The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.
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Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare.
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It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas.
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The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he Saddam Hussein is in power.
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The usual is always mediocre. When nature takes it into her head to make a man, she fits him with her own equipment and educates him in her own school.
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The first duty of wine is to be red. The second is to be a Burgundy.
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Class instinct is subjective and spontaneous. ... To arrive at proletarian class positions, the class instinct of proletarians only needs to be educated; the class instinct of the petty bourgeoisie, and hence of intellectuals, has, on the contrary, to be revolutionized.
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I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.
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Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.
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A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
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It's so much harder than it looks - to conjure a fictional world that some passing wolf of skepticism can't just blow down in one breath.
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'In Country' was also made into a film, which opened the story up to a broader audience.
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I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.
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I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.
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Travelling can be tiresome, other than that it's fine. The touring thing, the travelling was always a bit of a drag and it doesn't get any easier.
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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.'
