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“The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.”

Desire Turns Ability Attention Economic Genius Machines Indulgence Converting Advertisers Eyeballs Profitability

Author:Todd Gitlin

“The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is an excuse for failure, violent behavior, or indulgence in drugs.”

Success Poor Numbers Economic Students College Drug Succeed Behavior Prepared Notion Excuse Educational Violent Indulgence Disadvantages

Author:Roland Merullo

“Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as are the riches of the world today. The rich man has cast off his Divinity, and has clung to his gold. And the young today have forsaken their Divinity and pursue self-indulgence and pleasure.”

Men World Self Today Remember Young Pleasure Rich Gold Casts Riches Pursue Divinity True Self Indulgence World Today Rich Man Forsaken Self Indulgence

Author:Khalil Gibran

“We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether... The effect of the indulgence of this human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.”

World Humans Whole Certain Deals Kindness Effects Wind Fine Elements Affection East Despite Selfishness Chill Indulgence Exhilaration Human Family

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind.”

Men Giving Should Mind Body Pleasure Giving Up Labor Constitution Not Giving Up Indulgence Begets

Author:Socrates

“Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.”

Self Care Self Care Indulgence Self Indulgence

Author:Audre Lorde

“I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.”

Mind Helping Running Beautiful Wonderful Down And Calm Help Me Baths Indulgence Calm Down

Author:Kylie Minogue

“Procrastinatio n and indulgence are nothing more than creditors who charge us interest.”

Interest Indulgence Creditors

Book:Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success

Source: Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success

“In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?”

Way Self Risk Theory Ultimate Despite Insult Reasonable Persist Indulgence Risk-taking Obscene Self Indulgence

Author:Sebastian Junger

“Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence.”

Increase Righteous Restraint Indulgence Decrease Impulsive

Author:David A. Bednar

“If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life zips along, unchecked and automatic. We default to our lifestyles, enjoying our privileges tra la la, but a fast interrupts that rote trajectory. Jesus gets a fresh platform in the empty space where indulgence resided.”

Ifs Happens Jesus Enjoy Space Magic Sacrifice Empty Privilege Lifestyle Platforms Discomfort Indulgence Default Empty Space Trajectory Zips

Author:Jen Hatmaker

“I always treat myself to one meal on Sundays when I can have whatever I want. Usually it's pizza, which is my favorite indulgence.”

Want I Can Treats My Favorite Meals Sunday Want U Indulgence Pizza

Author:Beyonce Knowles

“In my practice as surgeon, I am impressed by the alarming increase of cancer cases brought to my notice; an increase, which in the light of the general hygienic and sanitary improvements of our time, can point to no other cause than the indulgence in certain foodstuffs detrimental to normal life of the body.”

Body Light Age Certain Causes Dark Practice Cases Normal Increase Cancer Medical Improvement Our Time Impressed Indulgence Dark Ages Surgeons Normal Life Detrimental Sanitary

Author:Charles Horace Mayo

“When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the feeling. When the attack comes from within, no such indulgence is shown. 'He was one of us,' runs the refrain.”

Feelings Running Members Stranger Shoulders Ministry Outsiders Indulgence Refrain Wince

Author:Michela Wrong

“An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age.”

Age Social Interest Pleasure Luxury Indulgence Social Life

Author:Isaac D'Israeli

“Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.”

Dream Sweet Philosopher Luxury Reasoning Dreamer Indulgence Uncompromising Recluse Sweet Dreams

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“The love of indulgence is rooted in the depths of a man's heart. His soul would prefer to share the excessive and unrestrained; but his soul cannot love.”

Men Heart Soul Share Depth Luxury Rooted Indulgence

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“You said how strange it was that people were prepared to buy expensive material objects, but when it came to making an investment in their souls they refused to do so, considering it a monstrous indulgence and a waste of money! (58)”

People Said Soul Objects Strange Materials Waste Prepared Investment Expensive Considering Indulgence Monstrous

Author:Sarah Ferguson

“The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.”

World Art Self Indulgence Great Poet Self Indulgence Great Poetry Poetry And Music

Author:Laura Marling

“In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.”

People Inspirational Enough Accepting Cases Excuse Indulgence People In Your Life Toleration

Book:The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis

Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis

“There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.”

Inspirational Self Limits Restraint Indulgence Self Restraint Self Indulgence

Book:Young India

Source: Young India

“Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.”

Self Life Is Work Pleasure Toil Indulgence Indolence Self Indulgence

Author:John Ruskin

“Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which can be harmful to yourself and others around you. Therefore, the most simplified description of the Satanic belief is: indulgence instead of abstinence.”

Persons Desire Belief Natural Satisfied Frustration Description Followers Indulge Indulgence Indulge In Abstinence Satanic Satanism

Author:Anton Szandor LaVey

“I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.”

Ifs House Architecture Indulgence Antiques Old Houses

Author:Daryl Hall

“I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.”

World I Can Play Bigs Connected Piano Abstract Only Time Indulgence Classical Music Disconnected

Author:Rafael Vinoly

“The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It means that I accept myself, that I am not on trial in my own eyes, that I value and respect myself. This is not an act of indulgence but of courage.”

Mean Doe Self Enough Feelings Eye Values Grows My Own Accepting Achieve Trials Indulgence Values And Respect

Book:Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality

Source: Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality

“The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes.”

“Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.”

Writing Ego Fantastic Indulgence Authorship

Book:The affluent society

Source: The affluent society

“Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires.”

Humans Soul Desire Human Beings Numbers Failing Conscience Permit Recognizing Indulgence Selected Victorian Barmaids

Author:C. E. M. Joad

“The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.”

Father Teaching Masters Indulgence Severity

Author:Saadi

“The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding.”

Men Heart Eye Understanding Pleasure Demand Constant Belly Indulgence

Book:Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana

Source: Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana

“Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.”

Pleasure Greater Produce Indulgence

Author:Juvenal

“One didn't really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future or counting the cost, produced dreadful disabilities and bankruptcies later.”

Giving Believe Art Emotion Saws Cost Oneself Planning Enjoyment Disability Counting Indulgence Bankruptcy Future Plans Counting The Cost

Book:The Edmund Wilson Reader

Source: The Edmund Wilson Reader

“Indulgences, not fulfillment, is what the world Permits us.”

World Fulfillment Permit Indulgence

Book:Plays Three

Source: Plays Three

“For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.”

Firsts Spirit Felt Justice Forever Revolution First Time Wave Purity Keep Going Decay Indulgence Hesitation Sweeping Deviation

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.”

Children Self Facts Indulgence Self Indulgence Aliases

Book:Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed

Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed

“The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.”

World Believe Self Science Solutions Discovery Capacity Increase Pursuit Luxury Devoted Indulgence Thesis Self Indulgence Physical Science

Book:Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

Source: Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales

“In describing the honourable mission I charged him with, M. Pernety informed me that he made my name known to you. This leads me to confess that I am not as completely unknown to you as you might believe, but that fearing the ridicule attached to a female scientist, I have previously taken the name of M. LeBlanc in communicating to you those notes that, no doubt, do not deserve the indulgence with which you have responded.”

Believe Made Might Science Names Known Taken Doubt Deserve Female Scientist Notes Communicate Missions No Doubt Biographies Ridicule Indulgence Describing Leading Me

Author:Sophie Germain

“Study is the scourge of boyhood, the environment of youth, the indulgence of adults and the curative for the aged.”

Learning Study Environment Youth Adults Indulgence Boyhood Scourge

Author:Saul Landau

“Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the heartless self-indulgence of the rich.”

Heart Self Done Play Shows Poor Virtue Rich Theater Cruelty Innocence Abandoned Indulgence Helplessness Heartless Self Indulgence

Book:Except the Lord

Source: Except the Lord

“I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.”

Two Dark Chocolate Indulgence Massage Dark Chocolate

Author:Carla Gugino

“I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.”

Thinking Want Sides Dark Focus Indulgence Dark Side

Author:Rob Brydon

“Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.”

Book Self Air Guilty Indulgence Rant Self Indulgence

Author:Iain Banks

“I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.”

Laughing Humour Doom Indulgence Gloom Scottish Undercut Doom And Gloom

Author:Shirley Henderson

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