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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.

A. J. Jacobs

Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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 prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).
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Birth Control Delicious Idea Jumping Technique
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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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
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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I don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
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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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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action–no matter what the action is–might help you feel better.
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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’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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Behavior shapes emotions.
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