Shelley Morrison
Actress
"If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit."
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Complacent
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Nate Parker
Actor, Director, Producer
"When an artist becomes complacent, he dies."
Barack Obama
Politician
"In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent."
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor
"I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Spiritual Leader
"Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path."
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"There's still so much more to do. I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around."
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"You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner."
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