Quotes From "The Knowitall: One Mans Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World" By A.J. Jacobs

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I can’t help but notice that you keep writing love poetry to my wife. Well, you see, I married her, which makes her my wife. You know what you might want to try? Writing some poems about the sunset. The sunset isn’t fucking married. A.J. Jacobs
I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.
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I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know. A.J. Jacobs
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Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica is like channel surfing on a very highbrow cable system. A.J. Jacobs
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One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations. A.J. Jacobs
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My growing collection of facts keeps overlapping with my life. A.J. Jacobs
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The author jokes that the culture at his first job at Entertainment Weekly chased away the worthwhile aspects of his Brown education, but in so doing he makes a subtle point about the profound impact of the culture with which we surround ourselves and how easily we can be defined and constrained by our jobs. A.J. Jacobs