"I thought religion would make me live with……" — A. J. Jacobs
"I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world."
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46 Quotes by A. J. Jacobs
A. J. Jacobs has 46 quotes on this site.
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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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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us…
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the…
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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…
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Its sort of my job to feel good.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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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…
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More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.
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A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
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The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because…
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I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon…
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Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume…
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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and…
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Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile…
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All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds.
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