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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.

A. J. Jacobs

I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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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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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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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 grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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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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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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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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