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• I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.

  Nat Wolff

  Thinking, Directors, Lucky

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everybody has always underrated the Russians. They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends.

  Winston Churchill

  Friendship, Secret, Foe

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• Insomnia is an increasing problem. I've become swayed that sleep disorders are conceivably the most unnoticed, ignored, underrated reason of health as well as performance problems in the place of work.

  Sean Sullivan

  Sleep, Insomnia, Ignored

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• Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle:
  10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.
  9. He is handsome, and built like a God.
  8. He played every game.
  7. He has never appeared on the Jerry Springer Show.
  6. He was an underrated base runner who was rarely caught stealing.
  5. He hasn't been arrested in several years.
  4. He is very bright.
  3. He works hard.
  2. He has never spoken favorably about Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or any other foreign madman.
  1. The man could hit.

  Bill James

  Hard Work, Men, Years

  Bill James (2001). “The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”

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• Stalking is an underrated startup strategy.

  Linda Rottenberg

  Strategy, Stalking

  Linda Rottenberg (2014). “Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags”, p.41, Penguin

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• I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There's so much value in that. You can't have one without the other.

  Brad Pitt

  Happiness, Thinking, Misery

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• I am living proof that uncertainty is vastly underrated and often times a blessing in disguise.

  Tony Shalhoub

  Blessing, Doubt, Proof

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• Good mothers are underrated, just like good defense.

  Andy Van Slyke

  Mother, Defense, Good Mother

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• Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets

  Paul Merson

  Accolades

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• I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible.

  Billy Collins

  Thinking

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• We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.

  James E. Faust

  Differences, Good Woman, Influence

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• Re-reading is much underrated. I've read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Reading, Years, Spy

  "This much I know: Malcolm Gladwell" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2010.

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• Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.

  Larry McMurtry

  Understanding, Mystery, Overrated

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• I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.

  Daryl Hall

  Thinking, Years, Philadelphia

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• Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.

  Mark Gatiss

  Children, Reality, Thinking

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• Snobbishness, like hypocrisy, is a check upon behaviour whose value from a social point of view has been underrated.

  George Orwell

  Views, Hypocrisy, Behaviour

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The empty nest is underrated.

  Nora Ephron

  Parent, Nests, Empty Nest

  "I Feel Bad About My Neck" by Nora Ephron, www.nytimes.com. August 20, 2006.

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• Solitude. It is way underrated in our world of writing. We stay busy. We act busy. We thrive on busy. The truth is there is a lot of beauty that lives in the solitude. Quiet is not the enemy. Quiet is necessary for brains to not self-destruct.

  Bonnie Baker

  Writing, Our World, Self

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• This group right here is one of the most underrated groups in football. We don’t talk enough about this group. Very smart, they don’t leave the field, they play every single down, and they can cover backs and tight ends out of the backfield. This group is special.

  Willie McGinest

  Football, Smart, Play

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• I think I'm the most underrated superstar that's out there, but that doesn't matter to me.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Funny, Thinking, Matter

  "Melo: I'm the most underrated star" by Ian Begley, www.espn.com. October 3, 2014.

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• Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Pain, Emotional, Air

  Adriana Trigiani (2005). “Rococo: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated

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• Smiles are probably the most underrated facial expressions, much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.

  Paul Ekman

  Expression, People, Dozen

  Paul Ekman (2009). “Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage (Revised Edition)”, p.150, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nice, Men, People

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Obsidian Butterfly: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.149, Penguin

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• Nice to see Christian return as he's been on the injured list for months. 'Captain Charisma' is due to have a big 2011. Very skilled, underrated talent.

  Jim Ross

  Christian, Nice, Wwe

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• It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.

  Jeremy Lin

  Real, Bipolar, Perception

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