Australian Quotes
267 Australian quotes by 183 unique authors
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Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale imitations of the…
— Robert M. Parker, Jr.
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I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there.
— Liam Hemsworth
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I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.
— Justine Larbalestier
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Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people…
— Ian Mckellen
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In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.
— Catherine Jinks
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I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or an offshore release,…
— Joel Edgerton
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The 2007 Labor campaign was the most presidential in Australian history, with a slogan - Kevin07 - exceeded in its banality only by its success.
— Richard Flanagan
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If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the Australian coast, it…
— Richard Flanagan
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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…
— Julie Bishop
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The Australian people want to help build this country into a great nation. This budget... has not realized the capacity of the Australian people. It…
— Lionel Murphy
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I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation…
— Colleen McCullough
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We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here.…
— Ann Macbeth
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I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian.
— Phillip Noyce
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Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender…
— Bruce Beresford
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The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to…
— Julie Bishop
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I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for…
— Julie Bishop
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I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure…
— Jay Weatherill
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To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.
— Adrian Smith
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If the states and territories do not sign up to fundamental reform, then my message is equally simple: we will take this reform plan to…
— Kevin Rudd
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With the Australian Government paying more of the hospital bills, it will have the incentive to make sure people are treated through less expensive and…
— Kevin Rudd
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My fundamental interests are to preserve the good name and standing of this Australian Labor Party and to act in the national interest on behalf…
— Kevin Rudd
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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…
— Quentin Bryce
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My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.
— Jessica Mauboy
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My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000.
— Rhonda Cator
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The worst part is I have this weird accent. Every time I say Drew, Draw, Jaw, Jar anything really. I cant say some words. I…
— Jasmine
Who Wrote These Australian Quotes
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