Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
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Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
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I prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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After a while, if you’re committed, you start to believe in the things in which you’re praying. It’s just cognitive dissonance. You can’t live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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