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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.

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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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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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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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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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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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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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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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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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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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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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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I’m more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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