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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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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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I’ve never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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Affection Bible Fan Love Read Support Writing Year
I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
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Acceptance Career Learning Recommend Rejection Writing Yourself
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 don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
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It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re walking around looking like you’re about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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