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  • I love Australian people. -- Geri Halliwell
  • I support all Australian films. -- Yahoo Serious
  • Each Australian is a Ulysses. -- Christina Stead
  • I do greatly admire Australian artists. -- Jeffrey Archer
  • I talk about being Australian a lot. -- Poppy Montgomery
  • I can hardly understand the Australian accent. -- Joey Santiago
  • I do have a lot of Australian friends. -- Simon Baker
  • The suburb was the major element of Australian society. -- Robin Boyd
  • I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films. -- Hugo Weaving
  • I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. -- Cate Blanchett
  • By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty. -- Bob Hawke
  • I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian. -- Steve Irwin
  • The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume. -- Paul Theroux
  • Australian weather's amazing! You notice that when you go overseas. -- Flume
  • In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history. -- Catherine Jinks
  • It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press. -- Cameron van der Burgh
  • MPU was a great platform for emotional drama and Australian stories. -- Michael A. Healy
  • I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage. -- Paul Keating
  • It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent. -- Heath Ledger
  • I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer. -- Rachel Griffiths
  • The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. -- Julie Bishop
  • I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special. -- Stefan Edberg
  • I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia. -- Hugo Weaving
  • Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music. -- Nick Cave
  • There's animals like us existing and thinking and giving interviews on Australian television. -- Eric Idle
  • We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution. -- Kevin Rudd
  • I really miss the Australian lifestyle and being around my friends and family. -- Nathaniel Buzolic
  • Australian History: .... does not read like history, but like the most beautiful lies. -- Mark Twain
  • I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world. -- Karrie Webb
  • I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal. -- Julian Assange
  • My memories of Australian cricket are it was an environment of good fun. -- Tom Moody
  • The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us. -- Sachin Tendulkar
  • Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version! -- David Chalmers
  • My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning. -- Freddie de Guingand
  • We need more drama on Australian TV. We've actually dropped the ball on that. -- Gillian Armstrong
  • I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content. -- Arthur Boyd
  • The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses. -- Tony Abbott
  • I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing. -- Jens Lekman
  • The only time an Australian ever walks is when his car runs out of petrol. -- Barry Richards
  • I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know? -- Rachel Griffiths
  • Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them. -- Hugo Weaving
  • I'm Australian. I'm assimilated. I was born here - how ocker do I have to be? -- Pearl Tan
  • I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world. -- Kylie Minogue
  • But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club. -- Rod Taylor
  • There is something about the Australian psyche that seems to like films that are slightly offbeat. -- Nick Park
  • When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen. -- Gillian Armstrong
  • Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian. -- Paul Keating
  • Easiest job in the world of course, Australian psychiatrist, "Gday Gday how you doing no worries next". -- Milton Jones
  • Muslims are not compatible with the Australian way of life because they have a different region code -- Pauline Hanson
  • It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them. -- Hugh Mackay
  • The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together -- Paul Keating
  • Australian schools have cool uniforms. I wish I had to wear a woven straw hat for maths. -- Harry Styles
  • I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa. -- Mem Fox
  • It's really actually been pretty shoddy and appalling, the amount of local content, Australian drama, on ABC TV. -- Gillian Armstrong
  • Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian. -- Cate Blanchett
  • For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I'm Australian. -- Radha Mitchell
  • I love New York, and I love being here, but I think I'll always be Australian at heart. -- Murray Bartlett
  • The Australian temper is at bottom grim. It is as though the sun has dried up his nature. -- Neville Cardus
  • There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them. -- Yahoo Serious
  • 'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub. -- Richie Benaud
  • What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions. -- Bill Shorten
  • It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. -- Nick Cave
  • I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman. -- Jacki Weaver
  • There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation. -- Guy Pearce
  • You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other. -- Steve Irwin
  • I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship. -- Arnold Palmer
  • Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline. -- Anthony Albanese
  • The goal of Australian foreign policy should be to promote the maximum harmony between the U.S. and China. -- John Howard
  • If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand. -- Jonathan Aitken
  • It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia. -- John Howard
  • It is Australian innocence to love The naturally excessive and be proud Of a thoroughbred gelding who ran fast. -- Peter Porter
  • It's a huge honour to wear No 7 at Liverpool. I think about the legends: Dalglish, Keegan and that Australian guy. -- Luis Suarez
  • Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family. -- Bill Drayton
  • The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English. -- Tom Hopper
  • I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead. -- Nigel Scullion
  • Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories? -- Yahoo Serious
  • I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education. -- Cameron Esposito
  • If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me. -- John Howard
  • I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. -- Liev Schreiber
  • I grew up listening to Nirvana, and then went through some bad 90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders. -- Courtney Barnett
  • I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach. -- Rose Byrne
  • The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride... -- Pete Munro
  • The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional. -- John Polson
  • In terms of being Australian, I think a big part of it is the determination to prove yourself, just like Aussie actors. -- Keiynan Lonsdale
  • How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system? -- Sadiq Khan
  • 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
  • We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do. -- Yahoo Serious
  • What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians? -- Alfonso Cuaron
  • I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that. -- Nick Cave
  • I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it. -- Doug Davidson
  • You can't really get into regular football after you watch Australian rules football because it's just two different ends of the totem pole. -- Andrew Bogut
  • The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go. -- Tony Abbott
  • Australian people are dope. They're so fun. They want to just have a good time, and they have a great sense of humour. -- Erin Heatherton
  • I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic. -- Rebel Wilson
  • I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders. -- Courtney Barnett
  • The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience. -- Tony Abbott
  • I also love Australian movies. I love Muriel's Wedding - I've seen in six times. Baz Luhrmann's best movie is strictly ballroom... without question. -- Ridley Scott
  • 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
  • I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back. -- Anthony LaPaglia
  • And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government. -- Tony Abbott
  • I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie. -- Isla Fisher
  • There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home. -- Mia Wasikowska
  • I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics. -- Hope Solo
  • We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 % of its shares and a controlling interest to British Airways. -- Pauline Hanson
  • Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character. -- Jacqueline McKenzie
  • All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. -- Ann Macbeth
  • I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do that. -- Kevin Rudd
  • I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing. -- Nick Cave
  • The traditional dress of the Australian cricketer is the baggy green cap on the head and the chip on the shoulder. Both are ritualistically assumed -- Simon Barnes
  • Before becoming an Australian you will be asked to subscribe to certain values. If you have strong objections to those values, don't come to Australia. -- Peter Costello
  • 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
  • Brian Burke as we now know was the most influential person in the West Australian Labor Party, if you could attract him, you're in business. -- Peter Costello
  • Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic kangaroos. -- Jared Diamond
  • I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I like Angus & Julia Stone; they are an Australian brother/sister duo. I like Adele. She is phenomenal. -- Luke Mitchell
  • Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male can do these days. -- Michael Leunig
  • I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded. -- Iggy Azalea
  • The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army -- John Terraine
  • If the Fed ceases hiking, against the backdrop of still rising commodity prices, then the Australian dollar will have few reasons for resisting any topside advances. -- Craig Ferguson
  • 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
  • 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 is a political question. -- Richard Flanagan
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