Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
A. J. JACOBSIt’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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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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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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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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I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
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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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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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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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It’s a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn’t about rights. It’s about responsibilities.”–Mr Bill Berkowitz
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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 found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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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 was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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