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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.

A. J. Jacobs

A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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Delay Sheep Sleep Study
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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Different Life Responsibility Way World Yourself
My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It’s far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y’all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.
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Immunity Invitation Polite Stay System Welcome Yourself
Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Art Move Painting
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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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 was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Body Depend Fat Food Goat Kill Python Skin Swallowing
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
Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Creation Idea Innovative Level Magic Moving Quality Technology Time TV
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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Appearance Crazy Crowd Myself People
I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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Affection Bible Fan Love Read Support Writing Year
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
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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Dedication Dream Energy Inspire Miracle Motivation Power Success Will
I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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Myself Religion Science Worship
More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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Death Drink Drive People

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