Australian Quotes - Page 7

• That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been closely involved in this along with my colleague Nigel Scullion, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs - what we have been trying to do for some years now, throughout the life of the Coalition Government in fact, is to bring the Australian people on a journey with us - conservative Australians as well as more progressive Australians, to persuade them that it is a seemly and fitting and decent and appropriate thing to recognise the first Australians in the Constitution.

  George Brandis

  Journey, Years, Government

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Brian Burke as we now know was the most influential person in the West Australian Labor Party, if you could attract him, you're in business.

  Peter Costello

  Party, Influential Person, West

  Source: www.petercostello.com.au

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• Mind you, I live in an area of Atlanta that is nearly 88% black. But in six days in and around Melbourne, I saw maybe three people of African origin and maybe one easily identifiable Australian aborigine.

  Jim Goad

  Atlanta, People, Black

  Source: love-and-pop.com

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• You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

  Steve Irwin

  Humor, Worst, Knows

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• I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

  Steve Irwin

  Proud

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• There's been an instant desire to try to take some of the rhetoric that has done so well for Mr. Trump and apply it to Australian politics.

  Richard Glover

  Desire, Trying, Done

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I was born in North London, migrated to Australia when I was four. So when I first came to Australia people saw me as a little English boy. Over the years that feeling of being a little English boy diminished and I felt much more Australian.

  Michael Marmot

  Boys, Years, Australia

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• It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about this. So, I explained to them that, as far as I was concerned, this didn't involve any diminution in our commitment to the ANZUS relationship. But David Lange took it further and he barred visits of US nuclear warships to New Zealand.

  Bob Hawke

  Commitment, Nuclear, Initiative

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

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• I wrote a letter to our Australian newspaper about three weeks before the invasion and I said, "Osama bin Laden must be on his knees morning and night praying to Allah that the Americans will invade." And, of course, he was, because nothing more advanced his cause - the cause of terrorism - than the invasion of Iraq. It was an absurdity.

  Bob Hawke

  Morning, Night, Iraq

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

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• I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap operas now cluttering up UK TV.

  Terry Pratchett

  Wall, Watches, Half

  Source: www.karsmakers.nl

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• The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sports, Preparation, Ideals

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• The Australian temper is at bottom grim. It is as though the sun has dried up his nature.

  Neville Cardus

  Sun, Temper, Grim

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• My current fear is that the message being sent by the level of vitriol surrounding Gillard's flawed leadership (but tell me whose wasn't flawed) is being heard by Australian women and girls loud and clear. And the message is: 'Don't aspire to high office,sweetheart, because we'll flay you alive.'

  Jane Caro

  Leadership, Girl, Office

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• Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

  Paul Keating

  Achieve, Extraordinary, Deserve

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• I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britains greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Anger, Risk, Fans

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• On the one hand I have very traditional values: I'm looking for love and want a baby one day. On the other hand, I have a secret and rebel side, that I maybe took from an Australian mom who handed down to me the love for adventure and freedom. And sometimes I feel a bit offbeat.

  Kristen Stewart

  Mom, Baby, Adventure

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• I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.

  Cathy Freeman

  Responsibility, Athletic, Association

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• We know that a large majority of the Australian society is extremely comfortable with a multicultural society, that we accept that living in a democracy means having a freedom to practise your religion within the limits of the law.

  Tim Soutphommasane

  Mean, Multicultural Society, Law

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I like the story about me being pregnant. It was in some Australian magazine, on the front page! I was like, 'Wow, that's just [insane].' And it's not even ironic. I don't even think the article [tried to justify it]; it was just a headline. The article was just like, nothing.

  Robert Pattinson

  Thinking, Ironic, Insane

  "'New Moon' Star Robert Pattinson Laughs Off Pregnancy Rumors" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. November 6, 2009.

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• To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique.

  Steve Waugh

  Helping Others, Unique, Support

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• We have reached a pivotal time in Indigenous affairs when for the first time, national attention is being paid to the horror of Indigenous family violence in this country. For the first time, an Australian Prime Minister has held a summit in the national capital to listen to concerns and ideas on this issue from a group of Indigenous leaders.

  Jackie Huggins

  Leadership, Country, Ideas

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• And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

  Graeme Murphy

  Anniversary, Australia Day, 50th Birthday

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• There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Nice, Home, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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• We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close in preproduction and rehearsals. And then he allows his actors - I don't think scared of actors, but I think he's scared of getting in on the scenes he's watching. The space he's watching. So he just totally disconnects from you while you're shooting.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Thinking, Space, Different

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: 'Way Beyond His Years as a Human'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.

  Kevin Rudd

  Party, Years, Effort

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