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A. J. Jacobs

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Quotes by A. J. Jacobs

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It's sort of my job to feel good.
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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. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions.
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I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.
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I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. I tried the raw food vegan diet. And I tried the calorie restriction diet, which is the idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time. Whether or not you want to, of course, is the idea.
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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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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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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 found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset - and sandals - of my forefathers.
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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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