Australian Quotes - Page 15

• I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.

  Paul Keating

  Trying, Use, Advantage

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

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• It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

  Heath Ledger

  Roles, Accents

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• No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open?

  John McEnroe

  People, Care, Cups

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• I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can.

  Guy Pearce

  Trying, Film, Enough

  Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

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• I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible.

  Guy Pearce

  Mean, Thinking, Unfortunate Things

  "Q+A: Guy Pearce, Man with a Gun". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. May 21, 2012.

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• Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.

  William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

  Military, Army, Land

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• The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army

  John Terraine

  Military, War, Army

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• For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.

  Adrian Carton de Wiart

  Military, Fighting, Discipline

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• Only in sport? The qualification would seem meaningless to many Australians. What also is there that matters as much as sport? It is only in sport that many Australians express those approaches to life that are un-Australian if expressed in any other connection.

  Donald Horne

  Sports, Connections, Matter

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