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complacency
1. complacency, and it is heavy upon the Church today
2. the bounds of ordinary complacency, and
3. Her Virtue is Faith, her Vice Complacency
4. Torbin, however, was not entirely comfortable with such complacency
5. An author wrote an article, he called the prevalent attitude, the malaise of the country prior to its end, a cancer of complacency
6. I have never forgotten that line and that’s my title, ‘A Cancer of Complacency
7. Their complacency was his advantage, He was an ideal candidate
8. But it seemed the Darangi's complacency had resulted in this obvious oversight
9. A condition common to many Great Nations in decline is complacency; a weakening of (national) resolve that eventually causes many (erstwhile) Great Nations to gradually abandon their moral bearing
10. hardship on its people? Should its people, (they cannot properly be called citizens), be held liable for the criminal designs of its ruler(s)? (they cannot properly be called leaders) Should its people be subject to international reprisals by otherwise peaceful nations threatened by its existence? Should its people be perceived as innocent bystanders caught up in the whirlwinds of determined causes or willing accomplices drawn to ―dynamic‖ currents exceeding their moral and physical endurance? Should its people be subject to (economic) sanctions imposed against that nation whose objectionable conduct at home and abroad poses a viable threat to its peaceful neighbors? Is ignorance an excuse, or complacency or cowardliness for that matter? The present situation in Iraq recalls Hitler‘s Germany
11. The lesson is that complacency will be your worst enemy but get away from the myth that the terrorist needs to exceed only once
12. It would appear that America has, whether intentionally or not, (I will leave such questions for others to argue), hastened its own decline by reasons of ―guilt,‖ ―shame‖ and (national) complacency or perhaps a combination of all three or simply because egalitarian attitudes no longer make it feasible for America to shoulder such (lofty) burdens
13. How much longer is our nation expected to fill the coffers of rogue nations that routinely utilize its (oil) revenues to finance our destruction! One can only hope that once public concern supersedes its off-handed complacency by making its presence felt in Washington, that its (collective) impact will hopefully override the perennial lip service that oftentimes passes itself off as a genuine commitment to solving this dilemma
14. I am reminded that great nations having forgotten the lessons of History must inevitably succumb to the complacency of its (own) designs
15. Bruce has long been exonerated by the Court of Public Opinion whose increasing complacency for gross stupidity and thoughtless expression(s) has provided a forum for the likes of self-centered ―comedians‖ who routinely project anger, hate and a genuine contempt for conventional manners under comedic
16. The triggering device behind these uprisings has been, among other things, a growing perception of (native) French complacency, indifference and (perhaps) bigotry by a (weary) nation that has grown accustomed to its creature comforts; supported by emerging working classes who feel deprived of its social and political rights as well as uncertain of their own proper role in French society
17. The deer that were her favourite meal were big, fat and plentiful, and showed signs of complacency; although lately, they were more skittish
18. A year of intense effort and investment had brought it to the point of grand opening while complacency had convinced her that Mike could be trusted to deliver the cocaine to his mules at Hotel Playa Tambor
19. Were these words a sign of wilful complacency or a genuine attempt to reassure?
20. The comments made through the Church of Scotland offices and the Presbytery of Glasgow have been generally milder, although tinged perhaps with more than a degree of complacency
21. She let him go striding back to the Glen, oozing delight and complacency, and she walked slowly up the hill home
22. These works are said to awaken the bourgeoisie, sluggish and spiritless, out of their stupor of complacency
23. We can not hide behind complacency
24. One of today"s pressing problems, especially in the United States and Europe is the complacency shown from too many churches
25. That shocked the complacency out of me
26. “That shared, be wise and not deceived by what will seem what it is not: Love doth not hide behind half-truths nor levy pressure to persuade; it can’t be used to further greed nor foster acts of selfishness; Love takes no pride in pedigree nor threatens the environment; it neither motivates by fear nor rests where sleeps complacency, but manifests scenarios designed to challenge staid ideals
27. Why would she underestimate his willingness to use the knife he had been brandishing for months? It is our thought that a culture of complacency about boys and their “toys” is what contributed to Anna’s miscalculated judgment that night
28. He was a very punctual man by nature himself and did not tolerate complacency in others lightly
29. Like many governments before them in their complacency, they seemed to be incapable of understanding that oppressed people will accept help from any source, and be grateful
30. view of the blood of Christ trusted in; and in complacency and fellowship, to
31. “The sign of a truly evolved individual is that person who prefers listening over the sound of his own voice and action rather than complacency
32. “And you’re suggesting that I can buy your silence by divorcing Lady Jane so that you can have her?” He noticed Terence’s expression change from complacency to concern
33. complacency, since all of them were engaging in the activity for
34. An air of complacency and lack of preparation was evident
35. These errors could only be attributed to either complacency or inexperience - probably both
36. Manstein's favourite tactic was to allow a Russian penetration in a particular area and then encircle the attackers when they had been lulled into complacency
37. Our culture, especially in the western world, has deepened man into complacency and self-indulgence of thinking that this soft life is deserved and earned, when in fact it has been paid for many times over by many of those that have preceded us
38. OK, there are exceptions, but by and large people don’t die because of bad luck; they die because of carelessness, ignorance or complacency
39. If this attitude lulls the Congress into complacency, then Modi could provide them with another wakeup call
40. Questions began to emerge from the recesses of her awakening brain—simple questions, but questions that pricked at her comfortable complacency
41. It is thus, woman’s true feelings get camouflaged in her lullabies of compliance to let her man sink into the slumber of complacency
42. Added to this was the Aryan complacency that the Muslim invaders too would eventually settle down in one of the caste corners of the pan Hindu fold for, after all, weren’t the alien intruders of yore neatly tucked into the native caste network at some stage? All this combined to make the Hindus in general and the Brahmans in particular to pay a deaf ear to the adhans of the muezzins from the masjids around, wanting the faithful to come over for the congregational prayers
43. Inaction is unbelief, the result of negative feelings and attitudes such as, but not, limited to, doubt, fear, pessimism, jealousy, envy, apathy, complacency, and discouragement
44. All his complacency vanished when he recognized Harlan
45. Whether out of fear, complacency, or a combination of the two he would not reveal
46. Escaping the complacency
47. Then I shall know you have at last had enough of me, of my moods, of my odious fits of bombastic eloquence, of my still more odious facetiousness, of my scolding of you and of my complacency about myself
48. We do it with such an immense complacency
49. “Although those events are behind us, we are still challenged by the complacency of
50. But perhaps the most disturbing thing about it is the complicity and complacency of Western thinkers and leaders in their own conquest
