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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

A. J. Jacobs

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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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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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.
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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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It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re walking around looking like you’re about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
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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 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
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
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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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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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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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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