New Zealand Quotes - Page 6

• If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is.

  Mark Twain

  Looks, Too Much, Reader

  Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.254, eKitap Projesi

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• Altogether too many sheep

  George Bernard Shaw

  Sheep

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• I find it hard to say, because when I was there it seemed to be shut.

  Clement Freud

  Hard

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• I've played such good golf, and it was hard coming up and it wasn't easy in any matches or any shots. It means a lot. I think hopefully it will mean a lot to New Zealand because I'm the next winner of the U.S. Amateur after Danny Lee.

  Lydia Ko

  Mean, Golf, Thinking

  US golf Association Interview, www.usga.org. August 11, 2012.

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• I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Television, Entertainment, Grew Up

  "Portrait of the artist: Kiri Te Kanawa". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2009.

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• In Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand especially, I always find everyone is so nice and friendly. It's one of the few places that I remember visually, like I remember where I stayed and my surroundings - and that's a good sign, because I've got a terrible memory. I'm looking forward to it!

  Ellie Goulding

  Memories, Nice, Australia

  "Interview: Ellie Goulding on her upcoming 2014 New Zealand 'Halcyon Days' Arena tour!". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. November 14, 2013.

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• Unless legal and illegal immigration is halted and reversed, European First World nations across all of Europe from Spain to Russia, North America, Australia and New Zealand - will be destroyed and have their very culture and civilisation changed to that of the Third World. Immigration is now the single most important issue facing all First World nations, and will determine whether Western Civilisation continues to exist or not.

  Arthur Kemp

  Russia, Europe, America

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• I've spent half my life on planes. I have a lot of love for New Zealand, though. That is where the really arty, whimsical side of the family resided - in Hobbitland.

  Alice Englert

  Sides, Half, Whimsical

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• I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

  Eleanor Catton

  Writing, Adventure, Years

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• I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand.

  Antony Gormley

  Horse, Adventure, Rivers

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• New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

  James Nesbitt

  Get Well, Wells

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• New Zealand is my favorite country to visit.

  Tom Curren

  Country, My Favorite

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• I keep trying to bring a more professional approach to New Zealand cricket. It's an uphill battle. I stay in the game because I find it intriguing and interesting. I'm not interested in coaching international sides. I don't mind short-term coaching. I don't want to get involved in the politics of teams.

  Glenn Turner

  Team, Games, Interesting

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• New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.

  Peter Jackson

  Pride, Opposites, America

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• A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.

  Taika Waititi

  Children, Dark, Elements

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• People of the United States have to really consider whether they want to be an empire. Sweden is not worried about terrorism. New Zealand is not worried about terrorism. Holland is not worried about terrorism. Why not be a modest little country without all of these enormous ambitions?

  Howard Zinn

  Country, Ambition, People

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• As a filmmaker coming from one of the youngest lands in the world, New Zealand - safe, green and democratic - I was intrigued by Afghanistan, with its literature and poetry, its old land and its deep history.

  Pietra Brettkelly

  Land, Literature, World

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries - Europe, Japan, New Zealand - using about half of what we do, and then the world average being about a fifth of what we use, with China just now surpassing the world average.

  Bill Gates

  Country, Rich Countries, Japan

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French wine, they're so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think.

  Ridley Scott

  Wine, Thinking, California

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The most striking thing Snowden has revealed is the depth of what the NSA and the Five Eyes countries [Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the US] are doing, their hunger for all data, for total bulk dragnet surveillance where they try to collect all communications and do it all sorts of different ways. Their ethos is "collect it all."

  Laura Poitras

  Country, Communication, Eye

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I was happy with the umpiring in India last year, New Zealand is OK these days, and the only real area of concern is Pakistan. They seem to have a chip on their shoulders about their cricket there.

  Allan Border

  Real, Years, Lasts

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• I think it took us all by surprise. I mean, I knew that people in New Zealand would like [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but no one really anticipated how much they would embrace it as it is. And it's playing widely in Australia now; they're running it as well. It's going to be interesting to see how it does it in the States, but I think if Sundance was any indication, I imagine it could do well.

  Sam Neill

  Running, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I love New Zealand. It's my favorite place to shoot. It's one of my favorite countries to visit. The people, the food, the landscape, everything about it I love.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Country, People, Favorite Places

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• I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs.

  Ladyhawke

  Awards, Annuals

  Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

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• I'm still always a country girl from New Zealand.

  Ladyhawke

  Girl, Country, Stills

  Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

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