More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
A. J. JACOBSMed students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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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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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There’s something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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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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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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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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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 grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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