Australia Quotes - Page 7

• Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you're going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You're just a kid.

  Heath Ledger

  Beach, Growing Up, Kids

  "Remembering Heath Ledger" by Prairie Miller, newsblaze.com. January 23, 2008.

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• It's my mission to tell the Australians from abroad in my work that Australia is a wonderful place.

  Clive James

  Wonderful, Missions, Wonderful Places

  "'I'm dying, I just look remarkably cheerful' says Clive James". Interview with Philip Williams, www.abc.net.au. August 19, 2015.

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• When I was young I never believed that Australia was anything else except blessed. I thought it was a little dull when I was young, but that was 'cause I was a snob.

  Clive James

  Blessed, Causes, Dull

  "'I'm dying, I just look remarkably cheerful' says Clive James". Interview with Philip Williams, www.abc.net.au. August 19, 2015.

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• The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.

  Tony Abbott

  Order, Patents, Letters

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy." I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show."

  Rebel Wilson

  Girl, Moving, Thinking

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• I think girls who looked like me or were from the poorer area where I'm from in Australia, like you don't think "Oh, I'm going to be a movie star." You just didn't think that would happen to girls like me where I'm from.

  Rebel Wilson

  Girl, Stars, Thinking

  Fuente: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Spiders frighten me. In response to the spider alerts for Australia, please can the Australian government remove all spiders from Australia and blow them into outer space.

  Eddie Izzard

  Blow, Government, Space

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• Australia is one of my favorite places in the world. I spend a lot of time there. And I find Sydney a lot like LA in some ways, and it's beautiful, great for kids, and I absolutely love it over there.

  Nicole Richie

  Beautiful, Kids, Way

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 17, 2014.

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• Great,' I said. 'Visit exotic Australia. Get bitten by an exotic snake. Die exotically.

  Steven Gould

  Snakes, Exotic, Said

  Steven Gould (2013). “Impulse”, p.13, Macmillan

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• I love Australia. First of all, everyone is so nice. The people are down to Earth, and they like having fun with you.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Fun, Nice, People

  "Gabriel Iglesias talks about 'The Fluffy Movie', his life and cake". Interview with Jeff Mitchell, www.phoenixfilmfestival.com. July 22, 2014.

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• Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport

  John Howard

  Sports, Business, Character

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• I was eight when we came to Australia. It was five amazing weeks onboard this ship - it was the Northern Star.

  Base Graeme

  Stars, Eight, Ships

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• It's a perfect day here in Australia, glorious blue sunshine

  Christopher Martin-Jenkins

  Sunshine, Blue, Perfect Days

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• Un reto constante para Australia es garantizar la igualdad de acceso a la tecnología. Desde la disminución de la financiación federal, muchas escuelas están volviendo a los programas "trae tu propio dispositivo" (BYOD), lo que hace recaer de nuevo en las familias la responsabilidad de financiar los dispositivos.

  Susan Mann

  School, Technology, Challenges

  "La búsqueda global de la educación: The Tech Report - From Australia". Entrevista con C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. 15 de febrero de 2015.

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• In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.

  Nick Xenophon

  Believe, Law, Limits

  "Science or Fiction?" by Natasha Bita, www.theaustralian.com.au. November 20, 2009.

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• Some societies are also more optimistic than others: the U.S. and Australia are my two picks Tell a European you think there’s a housing bubble and you’ll have a reasonable discussion. Tell an Australian and you’ll have World War III. Been there, done that!

  Jeremy Grantham

  War, Optimistic, Thinking

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• These European White Men, then, with civilization in their blood and in their destiny, crossed the Atlantic and set up a new civilization on a bleak and rock bound coast. It was the White Men who drove north to Alaska and west to California; the men who opened up the tropics and subdued the Arctics; the men who mastered the African Veldts; the men who peopled Australia and seized the gates of the world at Suez, Gibraltar and Panama.

  Ben Klassen

  Destiny, Men, Alaska

  "Nature's Eternal Religion" by Ben Klassen, (Ch. 2, Paragraph 3), 1973.

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• We should not play like Australia or India or England - we should play like Sri Lanka.

  Mahela Jayawardene

  Sri Lanka, Play, England

  "Mahela Jayawardene" by Charlie Austin, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, www.espncricinfo.com. 2007.

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• I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot.

  Naomi Watts

  Memories, Years, Firsts

  "Watts Turns Back on Australia". The Daily Telegraph, April 24, 2007.

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• I'm 33...before AC/DC I've played in a lot of bands in Australia. You're never too old to rock and roll.

  Bon Scott

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Band

  "Best", December 1979.

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• I dive all over the world: Fiji, Australia, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and many other places.

  Federico Lenz

  Fiji, Hawaii, World

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• I read the Phantom comics when I was in Australia shooting 'Dead Calm'' and when one of the crew told me that there were plans for a movie, I went for it. That was in 1987 and I told (producer) Graham Burke I was going to be the Phantom. We had a laugh about that recently because you usually get what you deserve, not what you desire, and that is especially true in Hollywood!

  Billy Zane

  Laughing, Desire, Hollywood

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• I took part in two 'Leverage' conventions. Fans fly in from as far as Russia and Australia. It's expensive to attend.

  Gina Bellman

  Russia, Two, Fans

  "Gina Bellman on Leverage: 'Fandom is a world with no prejudice'". www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2013.

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• Si quieres entenderme (y escribir una autobiografía no es más que abrir una ventana al corazón de uno mismo), debes comprender ante todo que soy australiano.

  Nellie Melba

  Writing, Heart, Wish

  1925 Melodías y recuerdos, cap. 1.

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• No tengo ningún problema con la desnudez. Nunca lo he tenido. Nací desnudo. Me gustaría enterrarme desnudo. Es una forma de vida en Australia.

  Elle Macpherson

  Naked, Way, Problem

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