Australia Day Quotes

• El principal estudioso de la propaganda empresarial, el científico social australiano Alex Carey, argumenta persuasivamente que "el siglo XX se ha caracterizado por tres acontecimientos de gran importancia política: el crecimiento de la democracia, el crecimiento del poder empresarial y el crecimiento de la propaganda empresarial como medio de proteger el poder empresarial contra la democracia".

  Noam Chomsky

  Mean, Democracies Have, Political

  Noam Chomsky (1997). "World Orders, Old and New", p.89, Pluto Press

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• Me encanta un país quemado por el sol, una tierra de extensas llanuras,
  de escarpadas cordilleras, de sequías y lluvias torrenciales.
  Amo sus lejanos horizontes, amo su mar joya,
  Su belleza y su terror - ¡la tierra ancha y marrón para mí!

  Dorothea Mackellar

  Campo, Naturaleza, Lluvia

  1905 "Core of My Heart", publicado por primera vez en el London Spectator. Recogido como "My Country" en The Closed Door, and Other Verses (1911).

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• Australia es un país al aire libre. La gente sólo entra para ir al baño. Y eso es algo muy reciente.

  Barry Humphries

  Divertido, País, Humor

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• Vivir en Australia de forma permanente es más bien como ir a una fiesta y bailar toda la noche con la madre de uno.

  Barry Humphries

  Mother, Party, Night

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• El siglo XX se ha caracterizado por tres acontecimientos de gran importancia política. El crecimiento de la democracia; el crecimiento del poder corporativo; y el crecimiento de la propaganda corporativa contra la democracia.

  Alex Carey

  Wisdom, Democracies Have, Political

  Alex Carey, Andrew Lohrey (1997). "Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty", p.18, University of Illinois Press

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• I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food.

  Hugh Jackman

  Italian, Korean Food, Different

  As quoted in "Hugh Jackman Calls Daughter "White Foods Girl", OK Magazine, June 2, 2011.

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• There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen.

  Michael Hutchence

  Brother, School, Age

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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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, 50th Birthday, Four

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• Dios bendiga a América, Dios salve a la Reina, Dios defienda a Nueva Zelanda y gracias a Cristo por Australia.

  Russell Crowe

  Queens, America, Thank God

  "Kiwis find something to crow about". www.telegraph.co.uk. 28 de marzo de 2001.

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

  André Benjamin

  Travel, Australia, Far Away

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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, May, Humans

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• Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.

  Tony Abbott

  País, Pensamiento, Vistas

  "Tony Abbott on Q and A". www.abc.net.au. April 5, 2010.

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• I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

  John Howard

  Thinking, Average, Description

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• Hay mil historias raras sin contar en la industria cinematográfica australiana, ésta ha sido una de ellas.

  Yahoo Grave

  Stories, Film, Thousand

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

  Nick Cave

  Happened, Australian, Precedence

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• You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

  Paul Keating

  Two, Government, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Reading, Pastime, Poetry Is

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• Olivia Newton-John: el regalo de Australia para los insomnes. No es más que la rubia cantando lo soso.

  Minnie Riperton

  Singing, Blonde, Olivia

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• It's definitely different in the States. Americans are much different people compared to us. We're much more laid back. I itch to get back to Australia every summer because it's so fast paced there and so stressful.

  Andrew Bogut

  Summer, People, Laid Back

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