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| 0d231c3 | In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance. | instant-gratification drive purpose resistance | Steven Pressfield | |
| 4ad4890 | The 1789 Revolution had given the French a political script of unequalled drama. For the better part of the following century the temptation to reenact the play was irresistible. | instant-gratification excitement | Niall Ferguson |