Australia Quotes

• Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.

  Mahesh Bhupathi

  Sports, Pregnancy, Parent

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• Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Humor, Race

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• The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because without mutual respect and mutual responsibility, the truth is we can achieve very little.

  Kevin Rudd

  New Relationship, Responsibility, Apology

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

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• Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector has a vibrant and practical role to play in this complex world of ours. Higher education and research are worthy of your much closer attention. Yes, we can be and should be the clever country. Our progress can be within the highest ethical and moral framework. But this will only happen if we place appropriate emphasis on education, research and innovation within a truly international framework.

  Gustav Nossal

  Leadership, Education, Country

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• I have always felt that the great lottery of life is unfair. The fact is that I was thrown up on the stage of life called Australia. You don't choose where you are thrown on to this stage. So universal health, universal education, of course plenty of food and clean water.

  Tim Costello

  Leadership, Water, Facts

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• I think I'll move to Australia.

  Judith Viorst

  Moving, Thinking

  Shelly Markham, Judith Viorst (1999). “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: A Musical Based on the Book by Judith Viorst”, p.45, Dramatic Publishing

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• Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of doing things, and some of that always shows in the children, the way something of Germany or Australia always shows in a German or an Australian, no matter where they go. Outsiders like it or they don't, they feel at home there or they don't. It's like the taste of cilantro.

  Roland Merullo

  Country, Children, Home

  Roland Merullo (2009). “A Little Love Story: A Novel”, p.96, Vintage

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• I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life.

  Eric Bana

  Home, Love Life, Guy

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

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• My kids started school, so having a strong base in Melbourne has been a key priority. I'm not daunted by the travel. People say, 'It's so far to Australia,' and I say, 'You get on the plane, you eat well, you sleep, you wake up - and you're there.'

  Geoffrey Rush

  Travel, Strong, School

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• My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I'm definitely looking forward to another visit. It is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I think every person in the entire country is nice. Seriously, I haven't seen or heard of a mean person yet. And they love country music.

  Joe Nichols

  Beautiful, Country, Memories

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• It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.

  Tim Winton

  Sports, Surfing, Would Be

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• Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.

  Jacki Weaver

  Thinking, Equal Pay, Years

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

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• Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have no reason to hide their knees and thighs. However, the mini-skirt is disastrous for the wool-trade.

  George Mikes

  Funny, Girl, Humor

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• Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.

  Andre Benjamin

  Travel, Australia Day, Far Away

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• My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do.

  Hugh Jackman

  Father, Opportunity, Ideas

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• I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I'm selling out arenas in London, and when I'm in Australia and Japan, there aren't any Grammys there. There are human beings who I've touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that's what my career is based on.

  Nicki Minaj

  Artist, Japan, Careers

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• I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

  Geoffrey Boycott

  Athlete, Winning, Thinking

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• I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.

  Karrie Webb

  Friends, Eight, Missing

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• Australia is not very exclusive. On the visa application they still ask if you've been convicted of a felony - although they are willing to give you a visa even if you haven't been.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humor, Giving

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.161, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future. We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

  Kevin Rudd

  Leadership, Grief, Moving

  "David Leyonhjelm parodies Kevin Rudd's apology to stolen generations". www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2016.

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• When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth.

  James D'arcy

  Drama, School, Years

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• There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

  Pat Oliphant

  Art, Strong, Black And White

  Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.17, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them.

  Hugh Mackay

  Wisdom, Australia Day, May

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• Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

  Pat Oliphant

  Today, States, Visiting

  Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.37, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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