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It's always good to be underestimated. -- Donald Trump
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion. -- Jim Morrison
I don't think I should be underestimated. -- Lindsay Davenport
The power of visibility can never be underestimated. -- Margaret Cho
The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated. -- Bob Schaffer
Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated. -- Jeremy Gilley
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated. -- Michael Tilson Thomas
You have underestimated my power, as you will shortly discover. -- Paul Simon
I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way. -- Helmut Kohl
When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong. -- Condoleezza Rice
I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition. -- Angela Merkel
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions. -- Bill Vaughan
After they underestimated you, you Iraqis, now they've come on land; this attempt is our chance to incur losses on them -- Saddam Hussein
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. -- William L. Jenkins
The importance of the ordinary citizen is very greatly underestimated - not so much by those in authority as by the ordinary citizen himself. -- Jan Struther
The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone. -- Orhan Pamuk
I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market. -- Barry Corbin
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity. -- Pete Sampras
[In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"] I think so. I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered. -- Dick Cheney
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty strongly. Some of the effects are coming through more quickly than we thought then -- Nicholas Stern
The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated. -- Salman Rushdie
I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated. -- Beeban Kidron
The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically. -- Frans de Waal
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated. -- Viggo Mortensen
Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion. -- Sri Chinmoy
That has been my entire life story, running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. -- Rem Koolhaas
A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run. -- Francis Collins
The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives. -- Anita Sarkeesian
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years. -- Marc Andreessen
A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of readers cannot be underestimated. -- Junot Diaz
I think there has been this increasing misperception that kids will not respond to something because it's also for adults. I think that often that tends to get underestimated. -- Christopher Nolan
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you. -- Vivienne Westwood
I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks. -- Laila Ali
When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially didn't appreciate the cold. It can be just debilitating, and things can happen so quickly. -- Jon Krakauer
If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics. -- Iggy Pop
In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net concentrations of nutrients can be underestimated. Like grains, however, mushrooms should be weighed when dry to get their correct nutrient value. -- Paul Stamets
Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated. -- Salman Rushdie
Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path. -- Kevyn Aucoin
Patience is grossly underestimated. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
It's always good to be underestimated. -- Donald Trump
Women are underserved and underestimated as consumers. -- Geraldine Laybourne
Don't underestimate the power of being underestimated. -- Tim Fargo
We've all been underestimated at times. That's life. -- Abby Huntsman
I think a lot of women are underestimated. -- Brooke Burke
I think I underestimated the way people bracket you. -- Sienna Miller
The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated. -- Tom Peters
Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated, look I'm still around. -- Pink
A very underestimated part of the world, The Entrance is. -- Melina Marchetta
I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career. -- John Kasich
But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated. -- Reese Witherspoon
I underestimated you, woman." ... "The cry of men down the ages. -- David Gemmell
Scent is often underestimated, when it can be the most evocative. -- Erin Morgenstern
There's no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated. -- Scott Lynch
Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull. -- Julianna Baggott
I think the political class, just overall, has underestimated the suffering in America. -- Nina Turner
You can weaponize nice... Being nice can make you be a little underestimated. -- Erin McKean
Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated - unfairly so, in my opinion. -- Conrad Black
Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility -- Kofi Annan
Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream. -- Robert Englund
People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated. -- Ivanka Trump
Globalization is a fact of life. But I believe we have underestimated its fragility. -- Kofi Annan
The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real. -- Gary Vaynerchuk
Those who believe patriotism to be the last refuge of the scoundrel have underestimated compassion. -- Emmett Tyrrell
I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life. -- Ta-Nehisi Coates
The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated. -- Arthur F. Holmes
I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated. -- Pico Iyer
Every generation has underestimated the potential for finding new ideas . . . Possibilities do not add up. They multiply. -- Paul Romer
All children should be loved, protected, nurtured --emotionally and intellectually-- respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated. -- Augusten Burroughs
One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material. -- William Zinsser
One thing that is not to be underestimated is American cultures influence on the rest of the world. -- Yael Stone
I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface. -- Randy Pausch
A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn't really mind it. -- Criss Jami
Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
The achievements of Labour in the years after the Second World War should never be underestimated, but they are now history. -- Bob Crow
The danger of parachuting young enthusiastic scientists into a flower bed of selected data and fully bloomed conceptions should be underestimated. -- Andre Michel Lwoff
The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something. -- Frederick Forsyth
Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. -- William L. Jenkins
Clear now that she was as dependent as any addict on the drug of the war. He had underestimated the damage in her. -- Tatjana Soli
We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality. -- Heinz Guderian
If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them. -- Doris Betts
I can assure you the National Federation is an organization of Republican women whose power, prestige, perception, and purpose will never be underestimated by anyone. -- Gerald R. Ford
I think Frank Mir was 100 percent underestimated and I'm really happy to see the result because I think we needed it in the heavyweight division. -- Shawn Tompkins
I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer. -- Lapo Elkann
Alice Stewart [is] a much underestimated scientist who has been an indomitable challenger of the establishment and a thorn in the flesh of the nuclear industry. -- Joseph Rotblat
There are reasons, increasing in number and quality, to believe that the masses of ordinary galaxies may have been underestimated by a factor of 10 or more. -- Jeremiah P. Ostriker
The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. â?¦ The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader. -- Derek Sivers
I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. -- Charlie Munger
The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand. -- Stella Young
I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated. -- Nicolas Roeg
Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the candies were farther away. -- Brian Wansink
Walking is a very underestimated exercise in North America. It's all run hard, lift weights and push your body, but walking is wonderful for elongating the body and posture. -- Evangeline Lilly
'A Princess of Mars' may not have exerted the same colossal pull that Tarzan had on the global imagination, but its influence on generations of readers cannot be underestimated. -- Junot Diaz
I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers. -- Dan Wheldon
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures. -- Frans de Waal
I believe [Dean Martin] is underestimated as a vocalist only because it seemed like what he was doing looked easy - but it isn't and it stands the test of time. -- Michael Buble
Once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived... The amount of points that can be gained (and saved) by correct endgame play is enormous, yet often underestimated. -- Edmar Mednis
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men. -- Helen Fisher
Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country. -- John Spratt
I think President Obama has always been a little bit underestimated. Some of the things he's done with foreign policy have been unassailable. Getting us out of Iraq, killing Osama Bin Laden. -- Willie Geist
If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated. -- Simon de Pury
The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front. -- Tobsha Learner
The Republicans underestimated and underestimated and underestimated Donald Trump. And look where that got them. They kept saying, no, no, no, that's not going to happen, we don't have to worry about that. -- Elizabeth Warren
Markets themselves are looking for stability, and I think we have underestimated the capacity of Europe... to actually create a more stable framework for the whole issue of debt management, bonds, and so on. -- George Papandreou
The breath is seen to be the key between the emotional state, the mental state and physical state. It is perhaps the most important tool, and it's one whose importance is underestimated in the West. -- Paul Harvey
An underestimated element in poetry, that reading aloud makes clear, is the pause. I mean especially the force of a pause or a couple of pauses close together, contrasted with a longer unit of grammar. -- Robert Pinsky
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community is even suggesting that the animals might even be "Irish-smart.". -- Jon Stewart

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