I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
A. J. JACOBSWhen 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 found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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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 grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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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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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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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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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 was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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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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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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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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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they’d get along OK, but they’d both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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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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