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Australia quotes

Australia quotes Australia quotes. Aphorisms. ideas, thoughts on Australia and Australian people. Quotations on Australian culture, traditions and history by famous authors, writers and artists. In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. Phyllis McGinley In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films. Bruce Beresford My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia. Dame Edna Everage In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture. Marc Newson In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents. Peter Garrett In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. Mary Garden It doesn't really seem any different anywhere. I'd say it seems like we're biggest in Australia. It's just that we've always been this underground band and for some reason in the last month has been starting to go overground. Jon Crosby It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home. Kimbra It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia. Henry Lawson It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. Fritz Sauckel It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still. Judy Davis Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia. Noah Taylor Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done. Barry Gibb Mmm, well that whole thing about having to look tough has never left Australia. Robert Forster Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports. Mahesh Bhupathi My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England and watch a cricket game in Australia, they'd have you put in the loony bin. Desmond Llewelyn My kids started school, so having a strong base in Melbourne has been a key priority. I'm not daunted by the travel. People say, 'It's so far to Australia,' and I say, 'You get on the plane, you eat well, you sleep, you wake up - and you're there.' Geoffrey Rush My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played. Brandi Chastain My point is this, the Government made this decision to ban totally beef exports into Indonesia, even to compliant abattoirs and this will have enormous consequences for the beef cattle industry across Australia. Julie Bishop

Quotes about Australia My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad. Bob Hawke National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense. Peter Weir New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries. Robert Muldoon Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions. Phillip Noyce To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. Barry Humphries To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport. Ian Botham Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia. Julie Bishop Travelling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games. Solange Knowles Way of life in Australia focuses more on the outdoors. Thomas Muster We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places. John McGahern We don't have any sailors in Australia, we have rowers. Ben Lexcen We had to leave Australia to become international stars. Barry Gibb We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in. Kelly Preston We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time. Lionel K. Murphy We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television. Richard O'Brien Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent. Julie Bishop Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria. Alexander Downer Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it. Richard Branson When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life. Ben Nicholson When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth. James D'arcy When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Bruce Beresford When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge. Patrick White Whereas there's a wealth of galleries in Australia, everyone's got a gallery in Australia or wants your work. Because the art scene is smaller in Indonesia, there's not so much competition. Andrew Jack Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort of thanks do we get for it? Henry Lawson With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude. Shane Warne

Australian quotations Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. Steve Irwin You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else. Barry Gibb A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia. Phillip Noyce All for Australia and the Empire. Joseph Lyons Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. Hugh Jackman And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months. Brandon Routh And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know. Thomas Keneally And living in Australia I am relatively well off. Peter Garrett And the reason for that I think is that in Australia our films don't get the exposure, so the process is foremost. But anyway, I love being part of the team and hate being stuck in a corner somewhere. Jacqueline McKenzie And then once in Australia, I really hit the weights hard. Brandon Routh And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture. Marc Newson Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. Phil Collins As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. Catherine Helen Spence At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn't do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights. Adam Garcia At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life. Jeffrey Archer Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. Tom Cochrane Australia as a nation, as a set of cities and some regional centres, that project died a death and we didn't get it up, but I still think there's merit in that. Susan Oliver Australia has an increasingly multicultural society. Julie Bishop Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. Thomas Keneally Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world. Germaine Greer Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that. Andre Benjamin Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care. Julie Bishop Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude. Charles Sturt Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago. Mary-Kate Olsen Australia is the most isolated continent. Jared Diamond Australia was great. I would advise anybody to go there. In fact, if you couldn't live here, Australia would be the place to live. It's the most Americanized country that I've ever seen in the world. Jerry Lawler Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities. Radha Mitchell But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. Mel Gibson But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school. Thomas Keneally

Australia culture and history On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. Henry Lawson Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia. Ted Dexter Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. George Grey People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked. John Anderson Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me. Catherine Helen Spence Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything. Rick Springfield She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's. Colleen McCullough Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold. Dannii Minogue So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia. Kim Clijsters So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school. Thomas Keneally Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory. Damon Hill South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that's real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state. Jay Weatherill South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. Catherine Helen Spence 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 Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined. Bruce Beresford Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common. John Howard The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia. But I believe they did. Colleen McCullough The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000. Jim Cantalupo The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department. Harold Edward Holt The Menzies Government, by its participation in the plans for the development of other nations, can see the virtue of planning for them but apparently cannot see the virtue of a plan for Australia. Lionel K. Murphy The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way. Jenny Shipley The people of Australia would be staggered to learn that Australia has no national development plan. Lionel K. Murphy The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation. Julie Bishop The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia. Shane Warne Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love. Jane Badler There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium. Bob Brown There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. Pat Oliphant There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations. Ernest Istook This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. Ronald Biggs Read the full article

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Dame Edna Everage, one of Barry Humphries’ enduring and much loved alter egos. A great loss and will be much missed all around the world. #australianillustration #australianillustrator #australianartist #australia #stevevanderhorst #stevevanderhorstillustration #illustration #caricature #dameedna #dameednaeverage

[ellanainthetardis]

dameednaeverage replied to your post: Do you want a HADS update today? 

:D yes please!

@jisoomes @aschen-kiln ok sold. Update it will be. 

[ussjellyfish]

pls write 100 words of soft and gentle interactions between literally anyone ilysm

anyone??

Beverly kisses the back of her neck, then followers the heat of her mouth with her hands, rubbing along the tension in her spine. Her fingers are too good, as always.

"I was using that."

"The pain in your neck?"

"It was keeping me awake."

Beverly kisses her cheek, lingering. "I have better ways to keep you awake."Kathryn's fingers struggle with the PADD. She should just drop it, turn and kiss her, hard. 

"What are you even working on?" Beverly asks, covering Kathryn's unsteady hand with her own. "Oh, very important, I see. The transit manifest of those medical supplies I wanted."

"Yes."

"I'll let you finish."

[sieben9]

dameednaeverage reblogged your post and added:

Fun fact about this episode: when the pre-episode...

I mean, I will admit that I was a little put out at first, but then I thought “he can celebrate twice, can’t he?” I mean, this side of the family isn’t exactly on speaking terms with Regina at the moment.

Then I realised it was all a dream, anyway, which is still a legitimate way to start an episode as long as it doesn’t last longer than a minute, I’d say.

[quotesofthedaycom]

Quote of the day for Tuesday, December 1, 2020

[justanoutlawfic]

“I thought someone abandoned this baby when i saw this stroller standing there with no parent in sight, so i took him home with me and now it turned out that was a little bit of a misunderstanding??” dq lmao

Oh my goodness, this one was so funny and sweet. Maleficent is just amazing with babies and I love her for it. This is an Enchanted Forest AU.

Also on AO3

Maleficent strolled through the woods, listening to thesoft singing of the birds. These were the days she longed for, peacefulserenity. She didn’t have anyone bothering her, there was no time for thatpesky fire breathing. Sometimes, being a queen of darkness could be exhausting.

Just as she reached the peak of the woods, she saw alone pram standing there. It was black with bits of blue lace surrounding it.Walking closer to it, she saw an adorable chubby baby inside. A knit beanie wasatop his head and he was surrounded by blankets. Maleficent looked around thewoods but saw no one.

“Well hello there, little one,” she cooed, strokinghis cheek. “Where is your mommy or daddy, hm? Why would they leave a poorlittle defenseless thing like you alone?”

The baby gurgled and a smile went across his face. Thesight alone lightened her heart and made her want to walk on air. She lovedbabies, as much as that would surprise most people. Looking around once more tosee his parents, she came up short again. There was no way she could just leavehim alone.

“Any parent that would leave you here clearly is unfit. Just as well, you cancome home with me.” She reached down into the pram and lifted him up, cuddlinghim close. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a namecrocheted onto one of the blankets. “Henry, what a lovely name. Come on, Henry.Let’s go home.”

Using her magic, Maleficent poofed them back to hercave. She was able to conjure up a bassinet, though she didn’t settle him downit. She also conjured up a rattle and waved it in front of his face, causinghim to giggle. The two of them played together in quiet serenity as she triedto plan how it would all work. He most likely did not have dragon magic, butshe could still teach him how to use some sorcery. They would make quite theteam…

“Hey, dragon bitch, put down my son.”

Maleficent’s head shot up to the entrance of the cave.“Regina,” she breathed.

Regina strolled into the cave, her hands on her hips.She did not look pleased, though as always she was looking irresistible toMaleficent. Her navy blue dress was cut just at her cleavage and her hair waspulled up into a tight bun.

“Henry is your son?” She asked. “I didn’t even knowthat you were pregnant.”

“If you must know, I wasn’t. Snow White and herCharming’s daughter got pregnant out of wedlock. She wanted to give the baby abetter life…”

“And she chose you?” Maleficent smirked.

Regina rolled her eyes. “It’s a family thing. My son,please.”

“Why should I give him to you? You’re the one thatleft him alone in the woods.”

“We were going for a walk and I thought I saw anenemy. I put a protection spell around the pram, how did you break through it.”

Maleficent paused. How did she get through that? She had heard of only two people everbeing able to do that. Blood…

And true love.

But it couldn’t be. Sure, Regina and her had a littlefun every now and again. Yet, true love…it couldn’t be…

“I don’t know,” Maleficent replied, finally. “I’msorry, I just saw him and didn’t want him to get hurt.”

Regina looked around and realized all she had beendoing to prepare for the little one. It would melt even the darkest of hearts. “Youtruly weren’t trying to hurt him, were you?”

Maleficent shrugged. “You of all people should knoweven the darkest villain is capable of loving children.”

“That I do.” She loved Henry with every fiber of her souland would do anything to protect him. It was clear that Maleficent would do thesame. “Look, perhaps you’d like to stop by some time…to my castle. For Henry’ssake, I mean he seems to like you.”

Maleficent smiled. “Yes, for Henry’s sake.”

It was only 5 monthsbefore they moved in together for good.

[loverskisslikedeath]

Prompt: pls fix bev/ Kathryn! I beg of you!

Over the course of three years, Beverly’s life twisted and turned in unexpected ways.

It started with the loss of Voyager and its captain, one Kathryn Janeway that was, quite simply, the love of Beverly’s life. Only months later, the Enterprise was destroyed, and Beverly’s level of self-loathing for not taking a position aboard Voyager increased. (How could she justify staying for the sake of the Enterprise, when only four months later, that very ship lay gutted and burned on an alien planet?) After that, on the newest Enterprise, she had the pleasure of actually witnessing first contact on Earth’s past, and even as she smiled, watching the Vulcan ship land, she thought about how much Kathryn would have loved to be there, or even to hear about it.

And then… then, the impossible happened.

Just over three years after Voyager was lost, after the crew had been declared dead, after the memorials and the condolences… Word spread of the most astounding thing.

Voyager has survived. The ship was lost, yes, but lost in space, rather than lost to existence.

If Beverly hadn’t been sitting when the news came (delivered by a smiling Picard as an ‘after-thought’ during a senior staff briefing), she would have been driven to her knees. She barely felt Deanna reaching out to her at what must have been the strongest wave of emotion she’d ever felt.

Relief, fear, love, despair, it all blasted through Beverly with the force of a warp core breach, and her head spun.

Kathryn was alive.

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dameednaeverage replied to your photo: Jax has this to say to people who don’t walk their...

ur eyebrows are beautiful

Hehe, well thank you. I haven't even gotten them shaped recently. :)

[ellanainthetardis]

dameednaeverage replied to your post “I haven't been too invested in hayffie lately, but for whatever reason...”

both of those sound WONDERFUL I love your mind

If my mind could sit down and write them XD

[ussjellyfish]

I HAVE A NEW PROMPT! I WANNA READ ABT PHILLIPA IN THE FUTURE PLS PLSSSSSS

“Romulans?” she asks, eyes wide. “Truly.”

“We’re slowly making peace.” Kathryn tries and fails to balance Elsa (who wants everything) and her PADD. “Slowly.”

Philippa holds out her hands. “Give me the cute one.”

Elsa smiles buries her cubby hands in Philippa’s hair. 

"I'm sorry, I didn't bring you all this way to hold my toddler."

"She's adorable."

"And sticky."

"I've had worse." 

Kathryn winces, but smiles. "Toreth and I have been similarly exiled to the ends of our territories. I'm always out of supplies-"

"So is she."

"So we trade."

"With Romulans." 

"You haven't even seen them, have you?"

"No."

"Well, wait until you try her Viinerine." 

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Re made my Dame McFly edit and guess this shows how far I've come with my editing skills… #dameedna #dameednaeverage #martymcfly #edit #funny #funnyedit #bttf #backtothefuture #ivecomesofar #inprovement #wow

[mdp-maxroma1959-blog]

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