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" Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya. "
Tommy Chong
Will
Cigarettes
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" I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. "
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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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" Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back. "
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" One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded. "
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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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" I'm a hybrid. "
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" But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible. "
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" My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material. "
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" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "
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" Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations. "
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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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" I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny. "
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" I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts. "
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" There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top. "
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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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" Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred. "
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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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" 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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" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "
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" The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail. "
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" The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes. "
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