Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong) Quotes
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
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Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all. This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country. Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom. Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved. Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end. The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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Never settle for second when first is available
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes.
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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
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I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.
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The only person who can fix education is the student.
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She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.
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The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around.
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
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It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.
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I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my experience that when parents are given the skills to be more helpful, not only are they able to use these skills, but they infuse them with a warmth and a style that is uniquely their own.
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A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.
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The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.
