Tommy Chong Quotes
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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.'
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Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.
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I believe that all marijuana is medical.
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People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh.
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Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
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When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.
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If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.
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I support Bernie Sanders and I love his approach.
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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.
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You know that old joke about potheads having bad memories? Well, the bad memories are like pain, discomfort, and fear. So you lose all that, and the body reacts by healing faster and stronger.
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Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.
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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
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Marijuana has become like currency. Anytime you grow a crop like marijuana, or wheat, or corn, or anything that people consume on a daily basis, you're getting into a huge economic area.
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When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.
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I've always been into improvisation.
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Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.
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People didn't relate to me as being Chinese or white, just being a hippie, a long-haired hippie.
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So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.
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I do have a plan for the country the USA. It needs education. And there should be drug education - only people should be taught how to smoke pot, because even potheads don't know how to smoke pot. I've evolved into not only an activist, but an educator. I want to show people how, when, and why they should smoke pot.
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The good thing about poverty is it keeps you from getting in trouble because if you can't afford drugs, people will stop giving them to you very quickly. So, being poor really helps - it's the success that kills you.
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I only smoke maybe a nug a day.
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I do believe that Bill Clinton never inhaled ...because when I met him, he had no idea who I was.
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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.
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I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls.