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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.

A. J. Jacobs

I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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Affection Bible Fan Love Read Support Writing Year
Behavior shapes emotions.
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Behavior Emotion Family Relation Shape Society Trust
I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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Grew Home Hormone Mature Nature Quality Responsibility Up Zero
Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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Dedication Dream Energy Inspire Miracle Motivation Power Success Will
After a while, if you’re committed, you start to believe in the things in which you’re praying. It’s just cognitive dissonance. You can’t live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
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Believe Commitment Life Prayer Religious Start Yourself
Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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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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Addiction Improvement Myself
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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Feeling Goodness Job Myself
The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Eat Food Plant
I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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Garden Good Natural Positivity
In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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Avoid Commitment Myself Sin Try
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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Adequate Circle Creation Good Habit Ideas Little Small Success Will Power
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
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Aware Book Country Grow Knowledge Person Read Reading Right Speak
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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Evolution God Growth Interest Kindness Oneself
When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.
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Appearance Crazy Crowd Myself People

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