Australia Quotes - Page 15

• 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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• Australia played some good cricket, but they have forgotten how to win.

  Nasser Hussain

  Winning, Forgotten, Cricket

  Source: uk.askmen.com

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• As Dutch, British and French explorers literally put this Great Southern Land on the map it would be ridiculous to say that modern day Australia is anything other than a grand - and successful - outpost of
  Euro-colonialism and, more specifically Anglo-Celt British colonialism. It's a fact of life like the Euro-colonization of the Americas etc. If it was an outpost of, let's say, Iranian or Zimbabwean colonialism would so many people still be so desperately trying to get into Australia by any means necessary, legal or otherwise? It's doubtful. Thank the Gods for Euro-colonialism!

  Douglas Pearce

  Mean, Successful, Land

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• In Australia, kids play in American accents.

  Yael Stone

  Kids, Play, Accents

  "Meet the Australian Actress Who Does the Most Amazing Accent on Television". Interview with Laura Bennett, newrepublic.com. August 23, 2013.

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• My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

  Yael Stone

  Theatre, Actors

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

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• Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson.

  Douglas Adams

  Country, Intelligent, Boys

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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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• I knew a bit but we don't study a lot of British history at school in Australia. We have our own 50-year period to concentrate on.

  Eric Bana

  School, Years, Study

  "The Other Boleyn Girl - Eric Bana interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.

  Bruce Beresford

  Moving, Government, Special

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• Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom are among the least religious societies on earth. According to the United Nations' Human Development Report (2005), they are also the healthiest, as indicated by life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate, and infant mortality. . . . Conversely, the fifty nations now ranked lowest in terms of the United Nations' human development index are unwaveringly religious.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Educational, Japan

  Sam Harris (2006). “Letter to a Christian Nation”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.

  Julie Bishop

  Strong, Government, Population

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

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• Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

  John Howard

  Country, Years, Important Relationships

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.

  Bruce Beresford

  Growing Up, Men, White Man

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• If there is one venue where Pakistan can beat Australia, then Adelaide is that ground

  Imran Khan

  Pakistan, Adelaide, Beats

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• We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism

  Robert Hughes

  Wisdom, Evil, Water

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• Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art

  Robert Hughes

  Wisdom, Art, Design

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• Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Jobs, Common Decency, People

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• Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

  Julie Bishop

  Multicultural Society, Multicultural

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care.

  Julie Bishop

  Leader, Research, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We had a level of tariffs of about five per cent. Now a lot of those will go, most of them will go over time, some of them immediately. Now that means that electronic goods and other things, white goods, coming into Australia, will be cheaper for our community. It also means in many cases that the inputs used by our high-end manufacturers to make a final product are also coming in cheaper than they otherwise would - so it makes those manufacturers more competitive.

  Andrew Robb

  Mean, White, Community

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.

  John Howard

  Country, Fall, Mean

  Australia Day Address, January 25, 2006.

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• I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months.

  Peter Scott

  Korea, Training, Twelve

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• Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent.

  Julie Bishop

  Genuine Concern, People, Asylum Seekers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia.

  Julie Bishop

  Party, Thinking, Government

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over the head with a hammer. U2 sometimes can hit you over the head with a rubber hammer.

  Meat Loaf

  Oil, Political, Midnight

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

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