Australia Quotes - Page 16

• Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know?

  Paul Keating

  Country, May, Roles

  "Interview with former prime minister Paul Keating". "Lateline" with Tone Jones, www.abc.net.au. November 15, 2012.

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• You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.

  Paul Keating

  Asia, Regions, Security

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was 19.

  Dustin Clare

  Drama, School, Thinking

  "Dustin Clare SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 23, 2012.

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• New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.

  Dustin Clare

  Mean, Nonsense, New Zealand

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

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• I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.

  Manu Bennett

  Team, Kids, Dancing

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• Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.

  Adelaide Clemens

  Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

  Fernando Alonso

  Race, Japan, Korea

  "Fernando Alonso: 'My father was right - Ferrari gives you a special feeling'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

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• It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of class consciousness that you would get in the United Kingdom or even in Australia.

  Peter Carey

  Class, Kingdoms, Consciousness

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• It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still.

  Judy Davis

  Sexy, Country, Men

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• I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.

  Joel Edgerton

  Brother, Jobs, Squares

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights.

  Adam Garcia

  Jobs, Night, Years

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• I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about.

  Andy Gibb

  Years, England, Spain

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• In America, if you want to make it as a golfer, you go to college on a scholarship. In Australia, you go to the airport with a plane ticket. The competition just isn't there.

  Stuart Appleby

  College, Airports, America

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

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• I went to a lot of different high schools. I had quite a sporadic schooling experience. I went to school in England briefly, to boarding school, and I went to a few different ones in Australia as well. I'm really lucky! I have friends in most countries.

  Alice Englert

  Country, School, Different

  "Alice Englert Spills 'Beautiful Creatures' Secrets!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.seventeen.com. February 7, 2013.

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• Australia, Australia, we love you from the heart. The kidneys, the liver & the giblets too. And every other part.

  Spike Milligan

  Love You, Heart, Science

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• Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.

  James Chanos

  Government, Tails, Excess

  "JIM CHANOS: I Visited Hong Kong And Australia, And This Is What I Saw" by Joe Weisenthal, www.businessinsider.com. November 23, 2011.

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• I've been to Australia a couple of times, but never to the north or the centre. I would love to see Ayers Rock.

  Anthony Head

  Couple, Rocks, Centre

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• So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school.

  Thomas Keneally

  Sports, School, Catholic

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• When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.

  Ben Nicholson

  Girl, Regret, School

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• Dhoni is one of the greatest captain I have ever seen. Dhoni's record is praiseworthy. Twenty-two Test wins is not a small achievement. And the success against Australia has come against the backdrop of the not-so-good times he went through in the last two years

  Sourav Ganguly

  Winning, Years, Two

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• I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.

  Sophie Monk

  America, Ends, Shows

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

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• My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England and watch a cricket game in Australia, they'd have you put in the loony bin.

  Desmond Llewelyn

  Father, Games, Watches

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• I try to get back to Australia as much as possible.

  Teresa Palmer

  Trying, Get Back

  "Teresa Palmer on ‘I Am Number Four’ sequel and ‘Warm Bodies’ zombie love". Interview with Patrick Kevin Day, herocomplex.latimes.com. May 24, 2011.

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• I kind of left everyone behind in Australia - all my friends and my family and I had to break up with my boyfriend.

  Margot Robbie

  My Boyfriend, Kind, My Family

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.

  Kevin Rudd

  Years, Government, Rose

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

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