I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
A. J. JACOBSI have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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.
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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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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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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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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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I’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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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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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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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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