I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
A. J. JACOBSThe best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
More A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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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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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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Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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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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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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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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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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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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 found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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