New Zealand Quotes

• You don't necessarily have to go a long way in New Zealand to be in some pretty dense and scary bush.

  Sam Neill

  Long, Scary, Way

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place.

  Gabriel Mann

  Lifestyle, One Thing

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• In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious.

  Murray Mexted

  Thinking, Laughing, Able

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• I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all.

  Edmund Hillary

  Affection, Stills

  "Sir Edmund Hillary's last ever interview". Interview with Maggie Barry, www.noted.co.nz. January 26, 2008.

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• Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful.

  Lewis Black

  Funny, Beautiful, Travel

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• There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand.

  Henry Rollins

  Beautiful, Australia, World

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• A country of inveterate, backwoods, thick-headed, egotistic philistines

  Vladimir Lenin

  Country, Philistines, Backwoods

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• It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets.

  Helen Clark

  People, Democracy, Ordinary

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• I've never been to New Zealand actually. All I know is that there's a lot of greenery there. I'd love to come and play a show there sometime soon for sure!

  Charli XCX

  Play, Shows, Greenery

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

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• I've only seen pictures of New Zealand but everything I see is so pretty. Your eyes just... I don't think my eyes could take the beauty!

  Alana Haim

  Eye, Thinking

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• Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, and one's first impulse, standing on a cliff top surveying it all, is simply to burst into spontaneous applause.

  Douglas Adams

  Nature, Islands, Pieces

  Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.120, Ballantine Books

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• The fans out in New Zealand are amazing. They're genuinely excited and appreciative that you're playing their country.

  Beau Bokan

  Country, Fans, Excited

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• If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.

  Lewis Black

  Funny, Believe, Humor

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• And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

  David Coleman

  Inspirational, Funny, Irony

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• I love New Zealand. Every time I'm in New Zealand someone makes a joke about it being mostly sheep, which I think is unfair, because it's mostly nice people. It's mostly nice people and really wonderful scenery.

  Patrick Stump

  Nice, Thinking, Sheep

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• The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel a darned-sight better about themselves because they made the decision to do what they've done, and I can say to you, we would feel a bloody darned sight better about ourselves once we get an opportunity to put this [vote on same-sex marriage] out there.

  Tony Abbott

  Sex, Opportunity, Sight

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I was trying to get into the business from a young age, but I don't think I really realized how much I loved it until I booked my first movie and found myself in New Zealand for six months filming Bridge to Terabithia.

  Bailee Madison

  Thinking, Bridges, Age

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.

  Helen Clark

  Government, Differences, Australia

  "New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark: In Search of a Nation's Soul". Interview, content.time.com. August 14, 2000.

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• In Britain I focus on my horse riding. I ride everyday no matter what. I have a wonderful trainer called Joe Meyer. He is from New Zealand and competed in the World Games this year. I have been with him for four years and we have a good rapport.

  Liz Halliday

  Horse, Years, Games

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Fishing, Half, Industry

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

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• New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean

  Chris Carter

  Ocean, Japan, Whales

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• I've got a New Zealand film coming out here called Out of the Blue. It's a very heavy story, and it's the first time I've played a character who is alive.

  Karl Urban

  Character, Blue, Stories

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• At some point, when you read about this factual information that comes out in The New Zealand Herald and it's barely mentioned in The New York Times, then I think you've got to question where this is being manipulated, and where the filters are.

  Eddie Vedder

  New York, Thinking, Filters

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I didn't care about the backlash. I think the reason it was so severe was because they didn't know anything about me in New Zealand. If I had made jokes about a shark attack in the US, no one would have cared.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Thinking, Sharks, Care

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• I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.

  Daniel Gillies

  Depressing, Rain, Air

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

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