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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.

A. J. Jacobs

It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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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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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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