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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.

A. J. Jacobs

My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it’ll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It’s like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
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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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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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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
Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
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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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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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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 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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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved 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 grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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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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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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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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