Quotes by New Zealander/New Zealand authors (page 5)

"The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth"

Scott Dixon, Celebrity

"Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings"

Kiri Te Kanawa, Musician

"When I work, I try to eat as much vegetarian as possible. When I do Cupid, I eat vegetarian because I need the energy. I've got those wings on my back"

Karl Urban, Actor

"That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something"

Karl Urban, Actor

"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere"

Glenn Turner, Athlete

"My greatest fear is flying. And I do a lot of flying, so that's a bummer"

Kylie Bax, Model

"I wish I had more hair on my head. Maybe if I sprinkled fertilizer on it, it would grow"

Kylie Bax, Model

"I stayed away from mirrors when I was younger and I didn't like having my picture taken. I was tall and had braces and felt ugly"

Kylie Bax, Model

"Yes, I'm afraid the life over here is very different from N.Z. but oh boy it's a grand life"

Jack Lovelock, Athlete

"The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit!"

David Kirk, Athlete

"If we can send a man to the moon, then why don't we send a woman?"

Kylie Bax, Model

"Most horror films fail to scare me. I think "The Ring" plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character development and some of the themes explored go a little deeper"

Martin Henderson, Actor

"It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it"

Arthur Lydiard, Athlete

"Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition"

Arthur Lydiard, Athlete

"What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance"

Jane Campion, Director

"It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood"

Martin Henderson, Actor

"It is a little weird now, going over to Heath's place. It's like, 'Hi Heath, hi Nomes.' Very strange!"

Martin Henderson, Actor

"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with"

Jane Campion, Director

"I really wish we could stay longer in the countries we visit, but I've been lucky to have visited most of them before, because I've done a tremendous amount of travel"

Phil Keoghan, Celebrity

"We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels"

Silvia Cartwright, Statesman

"We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world"

Silvia Cartwright, Statesman

"There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends"

Silvia Cartwright, Statesman

"Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist"

Jane Campion, Director

"I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth"

Kylie Bax, Model

"I like to walk around my apartment naked. I like sitting around in the nude watching sports, actually"

Kylie Bax, Model

"I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio"

Kiri Te Kanawa, Musician

"I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do"

Peter Snell, Athlete

"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face"

Katherine Mansfield, Author

"It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's"

Karl Urban, Actor

"I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting "Heaven" it was truly guerrilla film-making"

Karl Urban, Actor

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Quotes by New Zealander authors