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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.

A. J. Jacobs

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
How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Cause Dignity Identity Image Little Name Reward Shame Think
Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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Bible Fault Guilt Insight Lesson Mistake Should Wisdom
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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Beauty Beyond Forgive Nature Powerful Rational Unconditional Love
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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Birth Control Delicious Idea Jumping Technique
In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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Avoid Commitment Myself Sin Try
I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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Finding Gratitude Love Religion
Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Dedication Dream Energy Inspire Miracle Motivation Power Success Will
Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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Decision Life Ourselves Power
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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Cloud Ground Head Live Religion World
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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Decision Friendship Health Himself Respect Treat
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
Behavior shapes emotions.
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Behavior Emotion Family Relation Shape Society Trust
When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
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Kind Method People Religion See Worship Yourself
Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Art Move Painting

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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