A. J. Jacobs Quotes

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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  A. J. Jacobs
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  • Thankful