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" Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say. "
Tommy Chong
Comedy
Words
Truth
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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. "
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" But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible. "
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" I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight. "
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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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" You can't become a dictator through checks and balances. "
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" Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. "
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" I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead. "
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" Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. "
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" The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself. "
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" Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me. "
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" Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. "
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" You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. "
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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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" 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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