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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 being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
A. J. Jacobs
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A. J. Jacobs
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: March 20
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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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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.
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