I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
A. J. JACOBSIt’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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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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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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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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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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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 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 found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.
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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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