Underestimated Quotes - Page 2

• Never underestimate the power of denial.

  Alan Ball

  Beauty, Denial, Underestimate

  Alan Ball, Sam Mendes (1999). “American Beauty: The Shooting Script”, Newmarket Press

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• I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me.

  Erykah Badu

  World, Needs, Underestimate

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• A very underestimated part of the world, The Entrance is.

  Melina Marchetta

  World, Entrances

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• Scent is often underestimated, when it can be the most evocative.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Scent

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• Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream.

  Robert Englund

  Dream, Nightmare, Universality

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.

  Tom Peters

  Information, Should, Portability

  Source: www.researchgate.net

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• You have underestimated my power, as you will shortly discover.

  Paul Simon

  Inspirational

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• Patience is grossly underestimated.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

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• The power of visibility can never be underestimated.

  Margaret Cho

  Visibility

  "My Ellen Visit, Deferred" by Margaret Cho, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2008.

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• 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

  Impact, Together We Can, World

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• I would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.

  Pico Iyer

  Facts, Virtue, Lama

  Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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• I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Acting, Looks, Bigs

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• The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Risk, Politician, Overexposure

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Thinking, White, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• One wonders if Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's administrations may come to be viewed, in the future, as having been underestimated in some respects. To be sure, each ended in failure. Nonetheless, Johnson's accomplishments in civil rights and immigration legislation, and Nixon's in respect to relations with China, may loom larger with the passage of time.

  James M Strock

  Accomplishment, Immigration, Civil Rights

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• ... [I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me naïve, but I seemed to have underestimated the universal desire to sit in a hard plastic chair and stare at a screen until your eyes cross.

  David Sedaris

  Eye, Thinking, Desire

  David Sedaris (2010). “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, p.83, Hachette UK

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• Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull.

  Julianna Baggott

  Collectives

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• [Donald] Trump is underestimated greatly in terms of his understanding and comprehension of the great issues facing America. He understands trade. He's got businesses all over the world. He understands currency and how manipulating currency can be damaging to America.

  Jeff Sessions

  America, Issues, Understanding

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• What, I have actually loved it, because I've been underestimated every step of the way, and it's so exciting when you can prove them all wrong.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Exciting, Prove

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• Dwight Eisenhower has been underestimated, which may relate to his advanced age in office, his somewhat uneven communications skills, and his failure to present a forward-looking vision on the rising issue of civil rights.

  James M Strock

  Communication, Office, Vision

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• When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. "I have gravely underestimated you, Darren," he said. "I will not do so again. I made a wiser choice than I realized when I chose you to serve as my assistant. I feel honoured to have you by my side.

  Darren Shan

  Choices, Assistants, Sides

  Darren Shan (2007). “Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan”

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• It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence.

  Thomas Friedman

  Views, People, Poverty

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• If you ever put a student at this school in danger again-' 'Oh, I thought you Gallagher Girls were immune to danger.' Despite the hundred girls the filled the foyer, no one moved or gasped or tried to defend our honor. We stood silently, waiting for our headmistress to say, 'Oh, we are quite used to being underestimated, Agent Townsend. In fact, we welcome it.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, School, Waiting

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• Now, now." He smiles, "Don't you worry 'bout a thing. Damen's right where you left him. Though I must say I can't believe that you left him. I underestimated you. I had no idea. Though I can't help but wonder how Damen would feel if he knew. I bet he underestimated you too.

  Alyson Noel

  Believe, Ideas, Worry

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.398, Pan Macmillan

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• 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

  Men, Thinking, Males

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