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Here we are, three decades after it became generally known that instant-gratification is bad and simple self-control can make you a much more successful human being, and we are not as a society doing much about it.
Patrick Takahashi: The Stanford Marshmallow Test Patrick Takahashi 2011
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A greed and instant-gratification culture in Washington among politicians looking for symbolism instead of solutions.
Rep. Tom Perriello Urges Patience On Economic Growth: 'Instant Gratification' Is What Got Us Into This Mess (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The instant-gratification that a Beatles love song gives comes through offering us a kind of romantic Groundhog Day.
Deborah Finding: The Ballad of Paul and Nancy or Why There's No Beatles Song Called 'Third Time Lucky' Deborah Finding 2011
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Frank; s reply: Let's hope for a more positive outlook, although you are certainly correct about our instant-gratification culture.
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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A greed and instant-gratification culture in Washington among politicians looking for symbolism instead of solutions.
Rep. Tom Perriello Urges Patience On Economic Growth: 'Instant Gratification' Is What Got Us Into This Mess (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The instant-gratification that a Beatles love song gives comes through offering us a kind of romantic Groundhog Day.
Deborah Finding: The Ballad of Paul and Nancy or Why There's No Beatles Song Called 'Third Time Lucky' Deborah Finding 2011
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Here we are, three decades after it became generally known that instant-gratification is bad and simple self-control can make you a much more successful human being, and we are not as a society doing much about it.
Patrick Takahashi: The Stanford Marshmallow Test Patrick Takahashi 2011
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People are fickle especially in the instant-gratification world we live in.
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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President Obama told Americans at his inauguration that change would be difficult, and that the road ahead would have these kinds of challenges, but our instant-gratification culture, and nanosecond news-cycle world is geared towards extreme reactions in the immediate moment.
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President Obama told Americans at his inauguration that change would be difficult, and that the road ahead would have these kinds of challenges, but our instant-gratification culture, and nanosecond news-cycle world is geared towards extreme reactions in the immediate moment.
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