New Zealand Quotes - Page 7

• 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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• 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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• 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 the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

  Margaret Mahy

  Country, Writing, Sometimes

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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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• People in New Zealand go out of their way to not be impressed by things.

  Melanie Lynskey

  People, Way, Impressed

  Interview with Janet Varney on Nerdist's "The JV Club" podcast #16, nerdist.com. June 21, 2012.

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• What Taika [Watiti] still bring to it [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], it really sums up what life is like in New Zealand, or what our sensibilities, our sense of humor, how we come together, how easy it would be, feels like. You know, we have a small population and so you know the bizarreness of the police getting involved in this manhunt, how the men... And then eventually, the army all get intwines.

  Rhys Darby

  Army, Men, Police

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I did find New Zealand similar to Ireland. The people, obviously. I found that, ironically, although these two countries were very far away from each other, their humor was so similar and their outlook on things was quite similar as well.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Country, Two, People

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• I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

  Edmund Hillary

  Home, Desire, Proud

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

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• Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has enabled Ireland to re-find its sense of participation - cultural, political, social - at the European level. I think that also opens up possibilities for Ireland as a European country to look outward - to look particularly, for example, at countries to which a lot of Irish people emigrated, to our links - our human links - with the United States, with Canada, with Australia, with New Zealand. And to look also, because of our history, at our links to the developing countries.

  Mary Robinson

  Country, Thinking, Australia

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• I had watched an episode of Black Mirror almost exactly a year prior to when I started shooting my episode. I was by myself in New Zealand, and my husband was like, "You have to see this show. It's so incredible."

  Bryce Dallas Howard

  Husband, Years, Mirrors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the United States and some of the other countries involved it's sort of a "five eyes" global spying alliance. That's the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. They've had a little bit of a more muscular public response. Now, they haven't been satisfying or really meaningful in any country yet. But they have been engaging.

  Edward Snowden

  Meaningful, Country, Eye

  "Edward Snowden at FutureFest: the full interview". Interview with Geoff Mulgan, www.nesta.org.uk. 2015.

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• I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education.

  Cameron Esposito

  Real, People, Gaps

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause. All of those countries, in the wake of these surveillance revelations, rushed through laws that were basically ghostwritten by the National Security Agency to enable mass surveillance without court oversight, without all of the standard checks and balances that one would expect.

  Edward Snowden

  Country, Agency, Law

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• I cherished my time filming 'Lord of the Rings' in New Zealand - it's the most beautiful, magical place with great hospitality. I love places that are completely cut off from everything - where I can relax and enjoy the simplicity of nature.

  Orlando Bloom

  Beautiful, Cutting, Simplicity

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• I told [ David Lange] he was crazy, because you can't have an alliance relationship if you refuse access to their ships. And the Americans wanted to punish him very severely and I intervened there and softened them somewhat. They wanted to really take some tough, reactive measures to New Zealand.

  Bob Hawke

  Crazy, Alliances, Ships

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

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• Connan Mockasin from New Zealand. I met him a little while ago, I love his music.

  Mac DeMarco

  Littles, Mets

  Source: www.quipmag.com

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• I really struggled moving from New Zealand to the United States. I still have very strong ties to my home, and it took me a couple of years to feel settled in Los Angeles. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends and found the places where I enjoy spending my time. Finding beaches to get to made me feel much more plugged into the environment here.

  Rose McIver

  Beach, Strong, Couple

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• In New Zealand, we have a one-party disclosure system, where if one of you knows you're being recorded, it's completely fine. It doesn't matter if the other person doesn't know. Look, I'm not breaking new ground by recording people who don't want to be recorded.

  David Farrier

  Party, People, Looks

  "He made a movie about competitive tickling. But then things got truly weird". Interview with Michael O'Sullivan, www.washingtonpost.com. July 2, 2016.

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• New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone. There's a nice sense of reality on the set and it's really enjoyable. There's a good camaraderie and a good banter between the obviously New Zealand and Australian rivalry.

  Dustin Clare

  Nice, Mean, Reality

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• I went to New Zealand this year, and, whew man, I know a lot of people want to go there. But let me just tell you, it's 22 hours by plane. So, if you have the opportunity, don't.

  Lewis Black

  Opportunity, Men, Years

  "Black on Broadway". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. May 15, 2004.

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