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In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
A. J. Jacobs
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A. J. Jacobs
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
Journalist
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New York City
New York
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Arnold Steven Jacobs
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Arnold Stephen Jacobs
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The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I'm more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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My immune system has always been overly welcoming of germs. It's far too polite, the biological equivalent of a southern hostess inviting y'all nice microbes to stay awhile and have some artichoke dip.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.
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