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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
A. J. Jacobs
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A. J. Jacobs
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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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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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.
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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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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.
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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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The Bible improved my ethical IQ. I started to act like a good person. I tried not to gossip, and lie, and covet, and just by pretending I was a good person, I think I actually became a little bit better of a person. I'm not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but it was a baby step.
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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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If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”
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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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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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I've rarely said the word Lord, unless it's followed by of the Rings.
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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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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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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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