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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?

A. J. Jacobs

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 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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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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 thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He’s wrathful, but at other times, He’s incredibly compassionate. He’s not a one-dimensional figure at all.
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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 thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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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 know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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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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When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
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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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