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
Accompanied by a string quartet, it seems, by that point, less like theatrical excavation than self-indulgence.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
“She’s the crucial gate that stops Flora going down that path of self-indulgence and self-destruction to face the reality of what her life is,” says producer Rebecca O’Flanagan.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Spurs look like they are about to pay a heavy price for the self-indulgence of Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie that saw them receive their marching orders against Chelsea.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
I think it is the only self-indulgence of his day’s strict routine—Parzival as a nightcap, to clear his mind of the blood that flecks the silver pips on his black collar patches.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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