"Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted……" — Ian Thorpe
"Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay."
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30 Quotes by Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe has 30 quotes on this site.
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When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done…
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There is water in every lane, so it is OK.
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I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do…
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People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let…
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I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof…
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For…
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The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't…
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does…
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This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you…
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Im pleased to say that in telling them, and especially my parents, they told me that they love me and…
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This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted…
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I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a…
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More Australia Quotes
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one of 611 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within…
— David Attenborough
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I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a…
— Eric Bana
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I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon…
— Eric Bana
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I…
— Cate Blanchett
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
— Cate Blanchett
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
— Richard Branson
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There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One…
— Nicolas Cage
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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
— Nick Cave
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I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a…
— Nick Cave
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection,…
— Sam Abell
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