Underestimate Quotes - Page 15

• If you are the normal white American, truth is you don't understand being black in America, and you instinctively underestimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk.

  Newt Gingrich

  White, America, Risk

  "Dallas Shooting: Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Strike Different Tones". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 9, 2016.

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• I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

  Donna Shalala

  People, Whole Life, Whole

  "Donna Shalala : The Administration's Point Woman at Health and Human Services". Interview with David Lauter, articles.latimes.com. July 18, 1993.

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• This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.

  Gideon Gono

  Adversity, Dawn, Hours

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• We should never underestimate the great power of the way of love which reaches that spark of good in the other person, always there no matter how deeply buried, and the person is disarmed.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Matter, Sparks, Way

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• Never underestimate what it takes to watch someone you love in pain.

  Erma Bombeck

  Pain, Watches, Someone You Love

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• Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

  Tony Bennett

  Style, Trying, Hitting

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math.

  Rachel Hartman

  Math, Seductive

  Rachel Hartman (2012). “Seraphina”, p.159, Random House

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• Never underestimate the power of gaining a new perspective by simply changing your immediate environment. Going for a walk, reading a book, or talking to a friend can provide you with life-changing insights that you not otherwise attain while remaining stagnant.

  Hal Elrod

  Gratitude, Life Changing, Reading

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from May 18, 2011

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• I do not underestimate the difficulty of the challenge that global climate change presents to us. It will take a significant effort and the best talent and technology we have to solve the problem.

  Federico Pena

  Technology, Effort, Challenges

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• I think there's been this long cycle of the big companies making a lot of money by underestimating people's intelligence and people are used to it now. So, they're so used to having their intelligence underestimated that, for most of them, it really isn't worth the bother of paying a little more attention to something that might hit them on a deeper level. But you can't really read people's minds.

  J. Robbins

  Thinking, Long, People

  "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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• You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable.

  Chuck Knox

  Mean, Reality, Play

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• Don't underestimate how fine you are.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Women, Fine

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• Don't underestimate the value people place on authenticity. Politicians listen to the focus groups and say the things they think people want to hear. But after 30 years of reading consumers, I know that they can smell phonies.

  Rochelle B Lazarus

  Reading, Thinking, Years

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• Don’t ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing - everyone needs somebody to help them along when they’re first starting out.

  Allison Janney

  Needs, Actors, Favors

  "Allison Janney Talks Working with Jason Bateman, Pranks, Her Desire to Be on HOMELAND, THE WEST WING, and More on the Set of BAD WORDS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. March 29, 2014.

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• I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.

  Mo Udall

  Thinking, Land, Feelings

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• Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Ministry, May, Want

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2009). “Be Determined: Standing Firm in the Face of Opposition : OT Commentary : Nehemiah”, p.144, David C Cook

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• Never underestimate the gullibility of large pools of money.

  David F. Swensen

  Pool, Gullibility, Never Underestimate

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• Never underestimate the magnitude of the power of the forces that reinforce the status quo.

  John P. Kotter

  Force, Status Quo, Magnitude

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• Never underestimate the totality of chaos and betrayal that comes through currency debasement.

  James Cook

  Betrayal, Chaos, Currency

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• People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

  Ivanka Trump

  People, Negotiation, Fine

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• Don't underestimate me.

  Bernie Sanders

  Underestimate Me

  Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, Huck Gutman (2015). “Outsider in the White House”, p.308, Verso Books

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• Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

  Pema Chodron

  Recognizing, Never Underestimate

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.48, Shambhala Publications

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• Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder, the coldness increases, responsibility increases.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Responsibility, Privilege, Increase

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.389, Penguin

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• Victory usually goes to those green enough to underestimate the monumental hurdles they are facing.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Victory, Green, Enough

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• Never underestimate the power of a bossy woman.

  Karen Hawkins

  Never Underestimate, Bossy

  Karen Hawkins (2011). “Scandal in Scotland”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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