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Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.


Claud Cockburn

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Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe
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HEIDI KLUM Never underestimate or mock peace.
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STACEY JAY Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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ROBERT HEINLEIN Never underestimate the potential of your dreams.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Never underestimate the lingering effects of a dash of spontaneous comfort.
GINA GREENLEE Never underestimate love, as you need estimate to underestimate.
RUSHABH PATEL Never underestimate a determined woman!
NYKI MACK Never underestimate the power of the spiritual world.
EILEEN KELEDJIAN Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.
JANE AUSTEN Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
RANDY PAUSCH Never underestimate the power of "I'd like that."
JOHN MAYER Never underestimate a well-dressed bimbo.
KAREN MARIE MONING Never underestimate the naughtiness factor.
EOWYN WOOD You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
JACK BLACK Never underestimate the power of pointing out the obvious.
TERENCE T. GORSKI I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.
EHUD OLMERT Never underestimate a man with a vision.
KABELO MABONA Never underestimate the power of your presence. You always make a difference.
TERENCE T. GORSKI Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.
NATALIE GOLDBERG Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.
ROBERT H. SCHULLER You must never underestimate your opposition.
JOHN SCARLETT Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.
JOHN MAYER Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
SCOTT ADAMS You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public
SCOTT ADAMS Never underestimate human stupidity.
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GWENDA BOND Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
GEORGE CARLIN Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
UNKNOWN Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.
SID WADDELL Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.
SAM KEAN Never underestimate wisdom in silence, proof isn't always a mouthful of words.
ANTHONY LICCIONE During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
IMRAN KHAN I never underestimate the power of hot rollers for your hair and eyelash curlers for your eyelashes.
BUSY PHILIPPS Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.
MARTIN MULL Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.
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OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Never underestimate Bruton Smith, ... He's got a lot of P.T. Barnum in him.
GARY BAKER Never underestimate a backwoods Cajun in a fight, old man.
SHERRILYN KENYON Never underestimate the woman that holds God's pen.
SHANNON L. ALDER Never underestimate the power of thought; it is the greatest path to discovery.
IDOWU KOYENIKAN Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.
MARTIN MULL One thing about Andre, ... never underestimate him.
BRAD GILBERT Never underestimate the power of love for it can save you one day.
ALON CALINAO DY Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
DON DELILLO Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
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