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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.


A.J. Jacobs

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A.J. DALTON Places are people as well as rocks, trees and buildings. Places are moments in time.
A.J. DALTON All sacrifice and suffering is redemptive. It is used to either teach the individual or to help othe...
A.J. RUSSELL Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offe...
A.J. DARKHOLME Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you ...
A.J. DARKHOLME Is it too bold to point out
that there is nothing in the ten commandments
about protectin...
A.J. BEIRENS He's been so clutch. He loves that situation. He relishes it. He doesn't have any nerves.
A.J. PIERZYNSKI We are but cells living in a much larger organism, however, this does not make our existence less si...
A.J. DARKHOLME What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.
A.J. DARKHOLME If your heart, mind, and actions are selfish, they will ultimately divide you, others, or entire [es...
A.J. DARKHOLME If you're up top, you get a marquee player through about 10 or 11. If you're in the middle of the pa...
A.J. SMITH I told him going into surgery that we were going to try to get a long-term deal. I told him not to w...
A.J. SMITH Last year, things were a little different than they are now, ... I guess if you're going to look for...
A.J. FEELEY It [pain in the elbow] came on pretty good in the fourth inning. This really is frustrating for me. ...
A.J. BURNETT It's a 3-3 game. I give up a home run, it's a funeral. I'm over it, man. I've got one more start her...
A.J. BURNETT Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
A.J. LIEBLING It's very hard to move on.
A.J. LEPORE That's big to do that early. I tried to get out there and get the strut, get the glare and the feeli...
A.J. BURNETT I'm never complacent no matter what you're doing. If I was the No. 1 guy, I wouldn't be complacent w...
A.J. FEELEY You've got to make the most out of every rep you get, as limited as they may be at times, in a game ...
A.J. FEELEY We were calm and collected. We got together. We identified the problem and corrected it. We played t...
A.J. NICHOLSON It's bittersweet, ... It didn't work out here. It's something I've got to swallow. They had high exp...
A.J. FEELEY Obviously, there's a step before [pitching on Saturday]. Baby steps. I'm not going to go out and pit...
A.J. BURNETT I was still upset. But I got some good phone calls last night ... and that eased me up a little bit ...
A.J. BURNETT Each year we go into the season and our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and the nationa...
A.J. HAWK You could throw to both of them coming out of the backfield, because Ronnie is a great receiver, and...
A.J. FEELEY (Even) if I'd have won every award, it doesn't mean anything to these coaches (and) these players in...
A.J. HAWK We're built on pitching and defense and hitting here and there.
A.J. PIERZYNSKI We knew Notre Dame was coming out to make plays. They have a ton of talent [but] we always talk abou...
A.J. HAWK You have to find a hobby, other than football. You have to have an escape. When I go out there, I fo...
A.J. DAVIS We willed this win. Our team is mature enough to recognize when a critical point comes up and we'll ...
A.J. NICHOLSON Hatred to one another only creates hurt to ourselves.
A.J. CHILSON Unity is the only way a church can ever thrive.
A.J. CHILSON Touchdowns mean a lot to nonbelievers. But in life, God is six points.
A.J. CHILSON Everything is a blessing from God, from the water in which we drink to the bread that nourishes us.
A.J. CHILSON I hate hate.
A.J. CHILSON God never made women to be objects of men, so why should they be?
A.J. CHILSON John Lennon, Jesus is bigger than The Beatles.
A.J. CHILSON I can do more for God, this I know for sure!
A.J. CHILSON I'm not sorry for being sorry.
A.J. CHILSON