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self-indulgence



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Jobs may have been a leading preacher of Silicon Valley’s gospel of failure as a steppingstone to success, but his own self-indulgence nearly turned NeXT into a trek to nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Stephanie took an even more hard-line stance: “I tend to feel like grit and effort are admirable traits and I feel a little allergic to self-indulgence in general,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2025

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2024

Accompanied by a string quartet, it seems, by that point, less like theatrical excavation than self-indulgence.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

Schooled to believe that self-indulgence of any kind was morally unacceptable, Ellen was deeply ashamed of her dependency upon coffee.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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