A. J. Jacobs Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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'OLTL' has now allowed me to sing through the character as Blair. If you've followed my 20-some-odd-year career, you know I am a singer.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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If I say 'Find me an interesting painting' to Google, someday a robot could go around the Picasso museum and take a picture for me.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense.
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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This is a book about giving our best and especially about doing whatever we can to help others.
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Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.
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It's your life, live it your way.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
