"Farewell Australia! You ... are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret."
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"Civilized life, if it is to be stable, must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting. In Australia, where people are few, and rabbits are many, I watched the whole populace satisfying the primitive impulse in the primitive manner by the skilful slaughter of many thousands of rabbits."
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"The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest."
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"Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it."
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"I do not apologize for the takeover of the region by the Jews from the Palestinians in the same way I don't apologize for the takeover of America by the whites from the Red Indians or the takeover of Australia from the blacks. It is natural for a superior race to dominate an inferior one."
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"Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital as far as I could see for absolutely no reason. She feels no shame about the death of this woman, she's saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering. And why it's allowed to be I really don't know... It wasn't because of two DJs in Australia that this woman took her own life, it was the pressure around her."
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"There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out."
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"Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey!"
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"There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand."
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"I hope I have repaid Australia for the humanity it showed me, as it has shown to so many others over the years."
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"I was in Australia....Lotta leg room down under. Apartments: dollar a month. 2000-acre den....think of the parties."
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"I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world."
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"There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!"
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"I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection."
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"You feel free in Australia. There is great relief in the atmosphere - a relief from tension, from pressure, an absence of control of will or form. The Skies open above you and the areas open around you."
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"He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you."
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"The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot of carbon."
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"Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men."
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"The most intense hatreds are not between political parties but within them."
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"I feel like in Australia, all the films I've done, we're all equal moving parts in this equation of making the film - an actor is another crew member, essentially."
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