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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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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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Garden Good Natural Positivity
Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Art Move Painting
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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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
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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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Eat Food Plant
I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
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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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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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