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A. J. Jacobs quotes: Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in. Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings. I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: will try to find the original intent of the biblical rule or teaching and follow that to the letter. will try to find the original intent of the biblical rule or teaching and follow that to the letter.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world. I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce. I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve. I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: On the bright side, my slightly lower IQ means that I probably have worse recall. Maybe I'll soon forget that I have a depressed IQ. On the bright side, my slightly lower IQ means that I probably have worse recall. Maybe I'll soon forget that I have a depressed IQ.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Back pain is the single most common reason people visit the doctor. Back pain is the single most common reason people visit the doctor.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much. The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness. Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes. Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: 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 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. Jacobs quotes: 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. 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.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Behavior shapes emotions. Behavior shapes emotions.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: You tell them you have a hunger and a thirst. You don't sit at the same table but you have a hunger and a thirst. You tell them you have a hunger and a thirst. You don't sit at the same table but you have a hunger and a thirst.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know. I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I am officially Jewish, but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant. I am officially Jewish, but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict. What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of asshole doesn't like pancakes? Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of asshole doesn't like pancakes?
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive. Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Which just goes to prove. Not everybody can be Herman Cappachino. Whatever that means. Which just goes to prove. Not everybody can be Herman Cappachino. Whatever that means.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving. More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I thought that religion, for all the good it does, seemed too risky for our modern world. I thought that religion, for all the good it does, seemed too risky for our modern world.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I believe that's a key motivation to creationism: the need to feel less inconsequential. I believe that's a key motivation to creationism: the need to feel less inconsequential.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Patternicity is the idea that humans are really talented at finding nonexistent patterns in random noise. Patternicity is the idea that humans are really talented at finding nonexistent patterns in random noise.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon. It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities.Mr Bill Berkowitz It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities.
Mr Bill Berkowitz
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures. Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I love the way he talks. By the end, perhaps I'll be able to speak in majestic food metaphors like Reverend Richards. I love the way he talks. By the end, perhaps I'll be able to speak in majestic food metaphors like Reverend Richards.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: The key is to pump up your righteous anger and mute your petty resentment. I'll be happy if I can get that balance to fifty-fifty. The key is to pump up your righteous anger and mute your petty resentment. I'll be happy if I can get that balance to fifty-fifty.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat. I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: The outer affects the inner. The outer affects the inner.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: First impressions are like South American dictators: overly powerful and unreliable. First impressions are like South American dictators: overly powerful and unreliable.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Maybe taming my tongue will be good for me in the end. But it's pretty hard when you've got a world filled with idiots from Drunkopolis. Maybe taming my tongue will be good for me in the end. But it's pretty hard when you've got a world filled with idiots from Drunkopolis.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: You cannot stop religion from evolving. You cannot stop religion from evolving.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: The Bible is so strange, so utterly bizarre, no human brain could have come up with it. The Bible is so strange, so utterly bizarre, no human brain could have come up with it.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system. Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Why should we always try to be true to our natural selves? What if our natural selves are assholes? Stalin was true to himself Why should we always try to be true to our natural selves? What if our natural selves are assholes? Stalin was true to himself
A. J. Jacobs quotes: As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Step back for a minute. Pretend you're from Mars. From a coldly rational point of view, pedestrian helmets aren't a crazy idea. Step back for a minute. Pretend you're from Mars. From a coldly rational point of view, pedestrian helmets aren't a crazy idea.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about. I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science. I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking actionno matter what the action ismight help you feel better. I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action
no matter what the action is
might help you feel better.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I don't think I'm in the position to bestow legitimacy on anyone. I don't think I'm in the position to bestow legitimacy on anyone.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: My growing collection of facts keeps overlapping with my life. My growing collection of facts keeps overlapping with my life.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: The literal Greek translation is "school for naked exercise." Which made toweling off the stationary bike even more important. The literal Greek translation is "school for naked exercise." Which made toweling off the stationary bike even more important.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move. Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow. I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause. I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life. I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations. One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another. In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch. Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Calling it an experiment gives you permission to fail. Calling it an experiment gives you permission to fail.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Like God and Duane Reade drugstores, toxins are everywhere. Like God and Duane Reade drugstores, toxins are everywhere.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage. A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight. Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: Your next action could change the world, so make it a good one. Your next action could change the world, so make it a good one.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: 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. 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.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: So, if weight loss is your goal, and you have impressive self-control, raw food is something to consider. So, if weight loss is your goal, and you have impressive self-control, raw food is something to consider.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: G-rated language is making me a less angry person. Behavior shapes emotion. G-rated language is making me a less angry person. Behavior shapes emotion.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: I found myself speaking more slowly (in an attempt to obey the Bible in speech), as if I was speaking French instead of English. I found myself speaking more slowly (in an attempt to obey the Bible in speech), as if I was speaking French instead of English.
A. J. Jacobs quotes: It's sort of my job to feel good. It's sort of my job to feel good.

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