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Jen is Currently Reading

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Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of Saint Benedict

by Patrick Henry

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Jen’s Quotes

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

tags: comedy, encouragement, humor, steve-martin

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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“It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it seems so arbitrary...but, on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism, and by virtue of its method, it excludes metaphysics. I guess I wouldn't believe in anything anymore if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, religion, science

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