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I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn't look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement!
Amber Rose
Love
Day
Great
Family
Blessed
Skin
Too
Sun
Pretty
Clear
Over
Look
Understatement
Owe
Being
Grandfather
Cape
Whole
In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.
Eliot Spitzer
Political
State
Our
Once
Say
Immigrants
License
Arena
Proposal
Proposed
Driver
New
Obtain
Understatement
Permit
Political Arena
Undocumented
Governor
York
New York
Lit
Again
To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.
Emily Procter
Car
Say
Tells
Am
Understatement
Different
Story
Organized
Different Story
To say I like social media is an understatement.
Eva Chen
Social Media
Say
Like
Understatement
Social
Media
Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.
Heywood Broun
Will
Enormous
Writer
He
Fails
Occasional
Understatement
Err
Effectiveness
Revolutionary
Grasp
Even
To say that I loved school would be an understatement. It was my oasis, my sanctuary.
Janet Mock
School
Say
Oasis
Would
Would-Be
Understatement
Loved
Sanctuary
We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.
Jil Sander
Best
Our
Air
General
Colors
Sophisticated
Look
Understatement
Subdued
Cuts
The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.
Jim Davis
Comedy
Understatement
Contribution
English
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
Time
School
First
Say
High
Bizarre
Would
Would-Be
Understatement
Real
Very
Wanted
Decided
Act
English
Prep
To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.
Malcolm Gets
Time
All-Time
Mischievous
Am
Understatement
Ask
I was 18 when I was presented with the Arjuna Award. To say it feels really good would be an understatement. But I don't know how else to convey the feeling. I am grateful for having received this prestigious award at such a young age.
P. V. Sindhu
Good
Age
Grateful
Feeling
Young
Else
Say
Prestigious
Would
Would-Be
Having
Feels
Know
How
Am
Understatement
Young Age
Convey
Really
Such A Young Age
Award
Received
Presented
I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
Patrick Rothfuss
Me
Book
Word
Group
Meet
Out
Would
Some
About
Tend
Point
Could
Through
Put
Support
Obsess
Obsessive
Like
Perhaps
Him
Sort
Another
Does
Understatement
Revision
Author
Moderately
Maybe
Where
Form
Anything
Dysfunctional
Really
Who
In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn't fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke.
Rabih Alameddine
Me
Insanity
Joke
Frail
Say
Would
Would-Be
City
Understatement
Fit
Left
Quiet
Short
Burning
England
Beirut
A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.
Russell Page
Needs
Free
Build
Own
Imagination
Eye
Only
Discerning
Hint
Understatement
Leaves
To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.
Thierry Henry
Me
Say
Drawn
Never
Pushed
Football
Understatement
Naturally
Dad
Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.'
Todd Haynes
Films
Brought
Like
Pierce
Genres
Understatement
Exorcist
Godfather
Currency
Wanted
Realism
Chinatown
To say the 'Save My Soul' video means a lot to me would be an understatement of stupendous proportions.
Zelda Williams
Me
Soul
Say
Would
Would-Be
My Soul
Proportions
Understatement
Lot
Video
Means
Save
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