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Tommy Chong
Canadian
Actor
Born:
May 24
,
1938
Jail
Just
Me
Never
World
You
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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.
Tommy Chong
School
Degree
Finished
High
High School
Never
Advanced
Smartest
Doctorate
Know
Got
Jail
Billionaires
Street
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.
Tommy Chong
You
Happy
World
Spirit
Spirit World
Spirits
Along
Ideas
Brain
Hit
Prod
Whisper
Really
Groove
Your
You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
Tommy Chong
You
Become
Through
Checks
Checks And Balances
Balances
Dictator
The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil.
Tommy Chong
Together
Brought
About
More
Families
Than
Thing
Dr
Phil
Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.
Tommy Chong
Justice
System
Lies
American
Just
Unfortunately
Riddled
Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.
Tommy Chong
You
Lose
Lost
Think
Though
Citizenship
Know
Well
Might
Your
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.
Tommy Chong
Time
Me
Put
Comedian
Until
Up
Jail
Just
Turned
Activist
Once you're a felon you're a target.
Tommy Chong
You
Once
Target
I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.
Tommy Chong
Big
Pot
Never
Smoke
Did
Much
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.'
Tommy Chong
Religion
You
Obey
Police
Thought
Spirituality
Country
Says
Okay
Run
Know
Doing
Go
Questions
Die
Listen
While
Ask
Your
Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.
Tommy Chong
Me
Everything
Cosmic
Very
Happens
I'm a hybrid.
Tommy Chong
Hybrid
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.
Tommy Chong
Music
You
Matter
Girl
Looking
Whoa
Geeky
About
Guy
Could
Like
Looked
Boy
Got
Discovered
Get
Sixteen
Laid
Either
Played
'That '70s Show' was one of the highlights of my life. I didn't expect to be on it as long as I was.
Tommy Chong
Life
My Life
Long
Highlights
Expect
Show
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.
Tommy Chong
Best
You
People
Try
Joke
Own
Ownership
Chaplin
Mine
Laugh
Tells
Charlie
Charlie Chaplin
Tripped
Guy
Put
Stumbled
Like
Know
Go
Oh
Mean
Nowhere
Thing
Things
I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.
Tommy Chong
Good
Crime
Never
Boy
Been
Convicted
Really
Serious
The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career.
Tommy Chong
Musical
Deal
Huge
Any
Grammy
Height
Career
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
Tommy Chong
Best
Character
Way
Ways
Tried
Best Way
Totally
Know
Sort
Because
Being
Straight
If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.
Tommy Chong
Home
Me
Marshall
Take
Lot
Get
Going
Plane
Paid
Whole
No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.
Tommy Chong
Sit
Sax
He
Well
Used
Played
Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
Tommy Chong
Club
Would
Vancouver
Had
Hours
Well
Call
Motown
Any
After
Acts
You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France.
Tommy Chong
You
Country
France
Know
Got
Reagan
Left
Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
Tommy Chong
Me
Exciting
Most
Jail
Happened
Ever
Thing
Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.
Tommy Chong
Old
Band
Musician
Out
About
Well
Years
Started
I've always been into improvisation.
Tommy Chong
Always
Been
Improvisation
My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
Tommy Chong
Positive
Me
Beginning
Gave
Positive Thing
Gimmick
Material
Get
Going
Again
Incarceration
Act
Actually
Thing
Needed
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