Australian Quotes

• It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

  Arthur Calwell

  Success, Sports, Honesty

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• Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!

  Breaker Morant

  Wisdom, Military, Australia

  Quoted in Bill Hornadge, The Australian Slanguage (1980)

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• It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.

  Errol Flynn

  Funny, Leadership, Wisdom

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

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• The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance. The growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda against democracy.

  Alex Carey

  Wisdom, Democracies Have, Australia Day

  Alex Carey, Andrew Lohrey (1997). “Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty”, p.18, University of Illinois Press

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• I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

  John Howard

  Thinking, Average, Australia Day

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• I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food.

  Hugh Jackman

  Italian, Korean Food, Australia Day

  As quoted in "Hugh Jackman Calls Daughter "White Foods Girl", OK Magazine, June 2, 2011.

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• I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited various communities throughout Victoria. To see the way that my people looked at me and to know that I made a difference to them was an honour.

  Lionel Rose

  Sports, Winning, Differences

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• We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know, I grew up, born on a government blanket under a palm tree. I lived under lantana bushes, I've seen more dinner times than I've seen dinners, I've known discrimination, I've known prejudice, I've known all of those things... but some of that is still with us... and it's got to be changed.

  Neville Bonner

  Change, Leadership, Fighting

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• All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Italian, Numbers, People

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

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• Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

  Nick Cave

  Australia Day, Happened, Precedence

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• I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.

  Rebel Wilson

  People, Work Ethic, Casting

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• I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

  Rose Byrne

  Beach, Cities, Impress

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

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• There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

  Guy Pearce

  Difficult Situations, Culture, Sense Of Humor

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

  Steve Irwin

  Proud

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• You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

  Steve Irwin

  Humor, Worst, Knows

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• I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.

  Yvonne Strahovski

  Memories, Drama, School

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

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• The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sports, Preparation, Ideals

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• The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.

  Julia Gillard

  Plot Lines, People, Political

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• People often presume I'm from whatever country they're from. So Americans presume I'm American and the British presume I'm British. And they're surprised to discover I actually am Australian. And actually some Australians are surprised too.

  Garth Nix

  Country, People, British

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• It is Australian innocence to love The naturally excessive and be proud Of a thoroughbred gelding who ran fast.

  Peter Porter

  Sports, Proud, Innocence

  Peter Porter (1961). “Once bitten, twice bitten: poems”

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• By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.

  Kevin Rudd

  Home, School, Cities

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

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• My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning.

  Freddie de Guingand

  Morning, Military, Wish

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• Winning the world championship in '66 was really the pinnacle of the whole thing, because to win a championship with an Australian made engine was a fantastic feather in our cap.

  Jack Brabham

  Sports, Winning, World

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• 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Years, Icons, America

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• As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past.

  Kevin Rudd

  Apology, Past, Years

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

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