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" You can't become a dictator through checks and balances. "
Tommy Chong
Checks
Become
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" I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead. "
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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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" The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil. "
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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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" 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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" Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. "
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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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" The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy. "
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" No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in. "
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" I was more of a weightlifter. "
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" Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations. "
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" I'm as clean as a whistle. "
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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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" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "
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" I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. "
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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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Always
Career
" 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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Love
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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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" If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane. "
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Paid
" I'm a hybrid. "
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" I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny. "
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Day
" Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. "
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Hours
Vancouver
Well
" There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top. "
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Hierarchy
" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "
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Me
" They just wanted to show the entertainment world that we're vulnerable. "
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" You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it. "
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" What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet. "
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