Australian Quotes - Page 9

• The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.

  Julia Gillard

  Plot Lines, People, Political

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• It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.

  Hugh Mackay

  Leadership, Strong, Australia

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• Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely.

  Greg Egan

  Book, Conceited, Firsts

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• Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership should be reflected in our national symbols and one appropriate way to do that is by finally making the changes needed to make Australia a republic... A country's history does not change because it takes a step forward, but its possibilities for the future do.

  Larissa Behrendt

  Leadership, Country, Pride

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• Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

  Richie Benaud

  Media, Play, Each Day

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

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• I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Games, Parent, Style

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

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• I was 15 years old at university, studying economics and philosophy, and I saw a retrospective of Australian film. They were very raw. 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' 'Gallipoli;' they were fantastic.

  Deborah Kara Unger

  Philosophy, Rocks, Years

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• I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events.

  Lucy Fry

  Support, Trying, Friendly

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• I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.

  Courtney Barnett

  Band, Grew, Decent

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.

  Julian Assange

  Country, Missing, Citizens

  Suelette Dreyfus, Julian Assange (2012). “Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier”, p.199, Canongate Books

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• And how could I believe that Australian wine was automatically inferior to wine sourced from other regions on the planet when I had never drunk anything but liquid nitrogen?

  Matt Haig

  Believe, Wine, Drunk

  Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian.

  Nellie Melba

  Writing, Heart, Australia

  1925 Melodies and Memories, ch.1.

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• The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.

  Quentin Bryce

  Opportunity, Talking, Goal

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• I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.

  Noel Clarke

  Men, Directors, Actors

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

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• I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. Weve got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.

  Quentin Bryce

  Country, Children, Hard Work

  "Stateline" with Eliza Blue, www.abc.net.au. March 22, 2010.

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• It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

  Cameron van der Burgh

  Victim, Unfortunate, Presses

  "London 2012: Swimmer hits back at Australian media over 'cheat' story". www.theguardian.com. August 9, 2012.

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• Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

  Bill Drayton

  Ideas, Sides, My Family

  "GOOD Q&A: Social Entrepreneur Bill Drayton On His White House Years". GOOD Magazine Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• After reading Howitt's account of the Australian gold-diggings one evening,... I asked myself why I might not be washing some golddaily, though it were only the finest particles,--why I might not sink a shaft down to the gold within me, and work that mine.... At any rate, I might pursue some path, however solitary and narrow and crooked, in which I could walk with love and reverence.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Reading, Solitude

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Civil Disobedience and Other Essays”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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• The Australian accent just a very lovely accent and it doesn't have the pretention maybe of an English accent, but yet seems a little bit more exotic than an American.

  Owen Wilson

  Lovely, Exotic, Littles

  Source: www.mtv.com.au

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• When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

  Julie Bishop

  Opportunity, Government, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It has been a whirlwind really, it all happened so quickly! I auditioned for Australian Idol for the 3rd time... to see where I was and if I had improved with my singing; and the next thing I knew in the final 12 and it went nuts from there - I walked straight off stage at the finals into a press conference and didn't have a days rest 'till New Years Day.

  Kate DeAraugo

  New Year, Years, Idols

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• I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I think that's almost been part of Australian culture, which is why I think Movember is really important. We need to change that outlook.

  James Magnussen

  Cousin, Brother, Uncles

  "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

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• I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.

  Nick Minchin

  War, Passion, Fighting

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• At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.

  Malcolm Fraser

  Leadership, Country, Children

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• Australians just don't see that many Australian films, but it's also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies to remember that audiences want to be entertained, and people are entertained in lots of different ways.

  Georgina Haig

  Responsibility, People, Different

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

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