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. JACOBSMore people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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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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I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing – but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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’m addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there’s so damn much about myself to improve.
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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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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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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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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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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