Australian Quotes - Page 12

• I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.

  Noel Clarke

  Men, Directors, Actors

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

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• And how could I believe that Australian wine was automatically inferior to wine sourced from other regions on the planet when I had never drunk anything but liquid nitrogen?

  Matt Haig

  Believe, Wine, Drunk

  Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• After reading Howitt's account of the Australian gold-diggings one evening,... I asked myself why I might not be washing some golddaily, though it were only the finest particles,--why I might not sink a shaft down to the gold within me, and work that mine.... At any rate, I might pursue some path, however solitary and narrow and crooked, in which I could walk with love and reverence.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Reading, Solitude

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Civil Disobedience and Other Essays”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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• When you're battling against the minds of the studios and the money that can go into promoting larger budget films, it's very hard for a very small-budget Australian film to get a look in. You can get critically acclaimed and go to various film festivals around the world, but that doesn't necessarily mean the majority of people are going to hear about it.

  Hugo Weaving

  Mean, People, Mind

  Source: collider.com

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• MPU was a great platform for emotional drama and Australian stories.

  Michael A. Healy

  Drama, Emotional, Stories

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• I've always been asked the question, "What is it with Australian men?" It's weird because most of my friends here [in the United States] are American men. I think there's cultural differences. It's a really American thing to kind of wax your chest. As a man it's like, "Get rid of that unsightly hair!" In Australia it's like, "Mate, what are you doing? Why would you do that? Doesn't that hurt?" So there's a few little differences that keep us.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Hurt, Men, Thinking

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• You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

  John Howard

  Leadership, Australia, People

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• At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Leadership, Country, Children

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• When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

  Julie Bishop

  Opportunity, Government, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I think that's almost been part of Australian culture, which is why I think Movember is really important. We need to change that outlook.

  James Magnussen

  Cousin, Brother, Uncles

  "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

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• I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world.

  Kylie Minogue

  Country, World, Proud

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• There was kind of a code that you had as an Australian that you never left the court losing unless you had blood all over you. That's the sort of toughness you need to compete on the world stage and I feel that our kids today just don't have it.

  John Newcombe

  Kids, Blood, Over You

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• An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is really hard to tweet when you're swimming.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Loss, Swimming

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• Jamie Keehn, our second Australian punter. Again, you have to learn the language. You just can't speak to those guys. You have to know how to speak Australian. ... Australians have a higher voice. When you just speak regular English, it doesn't quite get across. Of course, we've had experience with our Australians, so we're pretty comfortable with adjusting our dialect so that it fits the ability to communicate.

  Les Miles

  Lsu, Voice, Guy

  "SEC Media Days: Les Miles on Australian accents and Instagram users". Q&A session, www.redandblack.com. Jul 18, 2013.

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• I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous from the grassroots up, nations in the world.

  Andrew Forrest

  Culture, Looks, World

  "Andrew Forrest makes biggest single philanthropic donation in Australian history". "AM" with Caitlyn Gribbin, www.abc.net.au. October 15, 2013.

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• My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young, I spoke with a much more of an Australian accent than I have now. However I knew that if I went to England to become an actor, which I was determined to, I knew that I had to get rid of the Australian accent. We were colonials, we were Down Under somewhere, we were those little people Over There. But I was determined to become an Englishman. So I did.

  George Ogilvie

  Mother, Strong, Father

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• Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back to our shores. But if we could stop youngsters, teenagers from falling into the snares of ISIL or Jabhat al-Nusra or other terrorist organisations through parental intervention and other strategies then, we hope to be able to rescue them before they commit these crimes.

  George Brandis

  Teenager, Fall, Fighting

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Malcolm Fraser, in the marrow of his bones, despised racism. He despised people who discriminated against other people because they were different and in particular because of the colour of their skin, and I don't think there has been a time in Australian politics where there has been more attention to the importance of that value.

  George Brandis

  Thinking, Racism, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• We need to tell Australian stories,we need to encourage and fund and present Australian work but we also need to understand that for a sophisticated, educated, culturally aware, modern nation we can't be parochial.

  George Brandis

  Needs, Stories, Sophisticated

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts policy that is expansive, is embracing, is not narrow, is not parochial. For example, that Australians can do Shakespeare just as well as Englishmen can because we, like every civilised nation, partake of the great canonical works. It's not about Australian nationalism; it's about our identity as a culturally ambitious, culturally sophisticated nation.

  George Brandis

  Art, Vision, Ambitious

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.

  Bill Shorten

  Jobs, Believe, Safe

  "Bill Shorten grilled about workplace deals and campaign donations at royal commission - live". www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2015.

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• Beyond the horizon, or even the knowledge, of the cities along the coast, a great, creative impulse is at work -- the only thing, after all, that gives this continent meaning and a guarantee of the future. Every Australian ought to climb up here, once in a way, and glimpse the various, manifold life of which he is a part.

  Vance Palmer

  Cities, Giving, Creative

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• Each Australian is a Ulysses.

  Christina Stead

  Australia, Ulysses

  Christina Stead (1945). “For Love Alone”, p.255, The Miegunyah Press

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• Id have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?

  Bojana Novakovic

  Home, Fighting, Roles

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• In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.

  Catherine Jinks

  School, Bored, Primaries

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