Aussies Quotes

• In terms of being Australian, I think a big part of it is the determination to prove yourself, just like Aussie actors.

  Keiynan Lonsdale

  Determination, Thinking, Actors

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• Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.

  Andrew Forrest

  Australia, Littles, Get Up

  "Andrew Forrest, chief executive of Fortescue Metals". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. August 15, 2010.

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• Aussie culture is pretty relaxed in general, but at the same time people know how to work really hard to go above and beyond what's expected of them.

  Keiynan Lonsdale

  People, Culture, Above And Beyond

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• Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the "Aussie" is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.

  Rachael Taylor

  Who I Am, Proud, Sometimes

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

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• Remember the look in the eyes of the Aussies and the Kiwis yesterday - I don't want to see that here.

  John Smit

  Eye, Yesterday, Looks

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• I think Aussies try to stay humble.

  Teresa Palmer

  Humble, Thinking, Trying

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• Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously.

  Hugh Jackman

  War, Coffee, Hard Work

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• I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

  Teresa Palmer

  Different, Culture, Tough

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• Back in the hood after a tremendous Aussie tour! Thanks to all who rocked with us, I promise it won't be another 5 yrs before we return! Best news is I'm off for the rest of the year now! Time to get krunk.

  Chris Jericho

  Years, Wwe, Promise

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• It was simultaneously refreshing and a bit shocking to see how cavalierly most Aussies toss out slurs and insults about nonwhites.

  Jim Goad

  Toss, Insult, Refreshing

  Source: love-and-pop.com

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• To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport

  Ian Botham

  Sports, Winning, Australia

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• Don't you stupid Aussies get it? Australia is doomed! Nothing, and nobody, can help you. You have sinned willfully after you have received knowledge of the truth.

  Fred Phelps

  Stupid, Australia, Helping

  "God Hates Australia". WBC Video News, February 12, 2009.

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• Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

  Yahoo Serious

  Would Be, Stories, Able

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

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• Aussie sledging? I'm just glad they've heard of me!

  Monty Panesar

  Heard, Glad

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• I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.

  Patrick Rafter

  Tennis, Crowds, Proud

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

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• I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp on me a little so I had to make sure to run smart so I didn't completely cramp up. When the Aussie caught me I figured my medal contention might be up but I ended up catching 4th.

  Lanni Marchant

  Running, Smart, Feelings

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• People turned around and came back to watch. An enormous crowd formed. Ampol Oil took films. When we left Australia, we also left our boards for the Aussies. Those films were shown all over the country to different clubs. The films and our boards became the basis for the modern surfboard movement in Australia.

  Greg Noll

  Country, Oil, Australia

  Greg Noll, Andrea Gabbard (1989). “Da Bull: Life Over the Edge”, p.71, North Atlantic Books

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• Those Aussie rugby fans are a bunch of sore losers. I hate 'em all.

  Jonny Wilkinson

  Hate, Sore Losers, Fans

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• I've always find that Aussies and Vancouver-ites in general just have a similar kind of attitude.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Attitude, Vancouver, Kind

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• England are playing fantastic cricket at the moment, they have a great team and I know all the Aussies are looking forward to getting over there. We'll be doing everything in our power to get over there and win every game if possible.

  Michael Clarke

  Team, Winning, Games

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• The first Tuesday of November, every year it is the same Every Aussie heart is beating with the excitement of the game For they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed up From a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne Cup

  Slim Dusty

  Sports, Dream, Heart

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• It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their houses and hearts, they know my name and they care. I think Aussies like the little Aussie battler and the person who will stand up for their rights and I've never been short of a word, especially with officialdom.

  Raelene Boyle

  Sports, Country, Heart

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• Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director, is helping us out with press publicity; Soraya Gilanni, who mainly does production and set design for films and commercials, is our art director.

  Deborah Smith

  Art, Design, Directors

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I didn't see much besides Melbourne and a quick trip down to the Twelve Apostles, but all the Aussies I encountered were good-spirited and had a fine sense of humor.

  Jim Goad

  Twelve, Sense Of Humor, Melbourne

  Source: love-and-pop.com

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• I'm deeply grateful to live and work in this country and to the United States for opening its arms to me the way it has. I mean I think my attitude as an Aussie coming here - I've been coming here for a while now, I've been coming here for about 12 or 13 years - is that this country has afforded me and my family work and security. For that, I'm forever grateful.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Country, Attitude, Grateful

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