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I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time, to say high Anglo-Catholic would be a real English understatement.

- John Hurt

To say it is a complex and large-scale undertaking is an understatement and I cannot formally announce the project until all of the crucial elements are secure.

- Baz Luhrmann

They`re taking down all the ones that ran up so fast, ... This is a good, solid correction. It`s taking out a lot of money. To say a correction was overdue is an understatement.

- Paul Cox
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For me to say this is an important weekend for us would be an understatement,

- Jamie McMurray

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.

- Alexander Milinkevich

I think that would definitely be an understatement.

- Arvind Raman

Right now, we`re still addressing what the implications are on the shuttle launch schedule. If I don`t know what those are, that`s an understatement.

- Athena Vouloumanos

Right now, we`re still addressing what the implications are on the shuttle launch schedule, and if I say I don`t know what those are, that`s an understatement,

- Athena Vouloumanos

Right now, we`re still addressing what the implications are on the shuttle launch schedule, and if I say I don`t know what those are, that`s an understatement.

- Athena Vouloumanos

This was a big win. In fact, to use `big` is an understatement. It was bigger than we can adequately describe.

- Attorney General Steven Rowe