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No person should become complacent by his/her work and think that he/she has done their best.
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
If a person is too 'satisfied', then he might become complacent, not work so hard to get ahead.
I feel like it's dangerous to get complacent and celebrate too much... You can't get comfortable.
A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.
Sometimes, you go down to Florida and Tampa and you get a couple days off, you can get complacent.
My 'if it's not broken, don't fix it' type attitude might have held me back and made me complacent.
When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.
I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
We cannot be complacent about the determination of radical Islamic extremists to destroy our freedoms.
We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights.
So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?
I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.
I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.
For an actor with his experience, Kamal Haasan's never shown a complacent 'Been there; done it' attitude.
Kobe never got complacent. He always wanted more. And I think, ultimately, that's going to be his legacy.
Happiness is dangerous. If you're happy, you're content, and if you're content, you can become complacent.
I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.
But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
I don't like sitting around and not doing anything because that's the easiest way to get complacent and get lazy.
I think 'Raw' is complacent in the fact that 'Raw's' been the flagship of WWE. 'Smackdown' wants to be number one.
To hear the Conservatives issue a command that all Leave voters must vote Tory, this seems insultingly complacent.
Dreams of a Life' and 'Fresh Meat' have left me on such a high. I'm not complaining but I'm not complacent either.
We don't want Welsh rugby to be seen as healthy or upbeat. If we think that, we could become complacent or stagnate.
I was politically complacent during the Blair years. Things were good and people thought things would be good forever.
Every day, you try to get better, and I don't think I'll ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what.
You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide.
We're too complacent. We let things happen to us. And you don't have to let things happen to you. You can affect change.
Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.
I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.
It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
I think Democrats are complacent. They think that Russia is going to save us. Bob Mueller is going to come in with a report.
We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.
You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.
We don't ever want to be complacent, and it's good to look back and see places you can improve. That's a good mentality to have.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.
I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
I've trained with trainers in L.A., and they get complacent. They're used to dealing with celebrity egos, so they cotton-wool you a bit.
In some ways, the audience becomes complacent when they go to a horror film. And so it's fun to take that attitude and then to upend it.
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
You cannot get complacent because there's someone out there working harder than you. So you got to keep pushing yourself to be an elite player.
I had become complacent in WWE when I got released in 2014. I had become unmotivated. I wasn't driven. I was out of shape and just not focussed.
I think about the notion of progress; sometimes it does feel like two steps forward, one step back. And that just means you can't get complacent.
I'm really grateful for the opportunities I get. But I do spend a lot of time thinking about how lucky I am so I don't become complacent about it.
Oftentimes, successful brands can lose discipline or become complacent over time, applying less rigor to the cost control and returns on investment.
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.
You never want to be too comfortable because that's when you start to get complacent and start doing those little stupid things and getting too relaxed.