A. J. Jacobs Quotes - Page 2

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• It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?

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  Wise, Book, Brutality

  A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Ideas, Insane, Sandwiches

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• The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.

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  Years, Europe, Organization

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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 from worrying about jobs and spouses.

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  Jobs, Sleep, Insomnia

  A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.264, Simon and Schuster

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• Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.

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  Boys, Brain, Tasks

  A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Moving, Sitting, Research

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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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  Play, Bad Mood, Wimbledon

  Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 09, 2007.

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• How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'?

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  Procrastination, Voice, Today

  A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Gratefulness, Found

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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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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  Adventure, Dull Life, Should

  A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.525, Simon and Schuster

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• Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.

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  Mistake, Should, Insight

  Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2007.

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• My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned to pole dance. In the end, I lost weight, lowered my cholesterol and doubled my energy level. I feel better than I ever have.

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  Exercise, Feel Better, Goal

  "How to Be the Healthiest Person Alive" by AJ Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2012.

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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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  Mindset, Sandals, Wanted

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• Behavior shapes beliefs.

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  Shapes, Belief, Behavior

  Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2007.

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• 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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  Clouds, World, This World

  A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Zero, Home, Grew Up

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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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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  Moving, Book, Recipes

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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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  Too Much, Plant, Paraphrase

  A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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  Nice, Writing, Careers

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• I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

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  Python, Swallowing, Body

  "How to Be the Healthiest Person Alive" by AJ Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2012.

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• More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, People

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• When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.

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  Crazy, Israel, People

  Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2007.

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• In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.

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  Trying, Sin, Committed

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• After a while, if you're committed, you start to believe in the things in which you're praying. It's just cognitive dissonance. You can't live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.

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  Religious, Believe, Cognitive Dissonance

  Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2007.

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• I prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).

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  Jumping, Technique, Birth Control

  A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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