#australia

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially

By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#bad #because #bottom #down #end

I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung by one, a person would die in 30 minutes. But when I had kids I had to get rid of them, of course. Those were intense! ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#australian #considered #course #deadliest #die

On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#australia #balance #believe #come #create

I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#australia #come #house #i #love

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#films #i #large #low-budget #make

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

#australia #before #cambridge #could #eighteen

We had to leave Australia to become international stars. ↗

— Barry Gibb

#become #had #international #leave #stars

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#australia #belts #bring #chance #course

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know? ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#australian #cricket #getting #grew #i