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.
A. J. JACOBSThe best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It’s far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y’all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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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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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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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 was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
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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’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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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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