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161 " When I was in college, I used to order kosher meals on airplanes because someone told me that they were better—the reasoning was that the airlines have to give the kosher meals special attention and can’t throw them in the vat with everyone else’s slop. Frankly, "
― A.J. Jacobs , The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
162 " though I’m guessing Stella’s brain is mostly thinking “Next time, asshole, just give me the peanut butter on a spoon. "
― A.J. Jacobs , The Puzzler
163 " puzzle mindset—a mindset of ceaseless curiosity about everything in the world, "
164 " Puzzles can teach us lessons about fresh perspectives, compassion, and cooperation. If "
165 " I'm pissed at myself. I just spent forty-five minutes Googling my ex-girlfriends and ex-crushes. That's just information I don't need... This is an unhealthy addiction... a waste of my time and brain space. "
― A.J. Jacobs
166 " An atheist club felt oxymoronic, like an apathy parade. But against all odds, it exists. The gathering of the godless takes place in a back room with a long table. A big blue atheism banner hangs from the ceiling—right next to the Christmas decorations of cardboard silver angels, an irony several of the atheists point out. "
167 " But if organized religion is Goliath, then organized atheism still qualifies as David. "