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Quotes by Australian Authors
"We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids."
"It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?"
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop."
"I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture."
"I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone."
"I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel."
"To catch you're elusive dreams you must be prepared to track it to the ends of the earth. Let nothing stop you're pursuit of dreams."
"...one of the best ways to take the pain out of past experiences is to replace the hurt with gratitude."
"I've known Jan, probably, very well for, well, for over a decade. And the passion that Jan just showed the viewers in that particular piece is very real."
"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."
"Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God."
"After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was."
"We are always going to be influenced by America... I watched the word 'bum' go out and 'butt' come in. And part of me says, oh that's a shame, but Aussie boys are still Aussie boys."
"My gay audience has been with me from the beginning."
"The Sun in London ran a front page declaring my bum a national treasure. I really did laugh at that. Its not like it can actually do anything, except wiggle."
"I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction."
"When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out."
"Right time, right place, right moment."
"Soul mate love transcends beyond the ethereal plane."
"We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences."
"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."
"I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway."
"There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on."
"As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air motionless, a heavy undulation comes on the scene, it has to pass, so it pushes the air up with its face, letting it fall again as its back glides onwards."
"Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, "What do you want?" Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too."
"I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which I find rather draining."
"I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it."
"Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being."
"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both."
"I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant."
"No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence."
"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."
"Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."
"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
"God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia."
"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things."
"There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography."
"I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day."
"The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder."
"Service, it seems, is the only antidote to existential frustration."
"Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible."
"The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more."
"Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic."
"Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech."
"Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true."
"I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill."
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