Tall Poppy Syndrome Quotes

Dear Girls Across the Globe, Let's stop body-shaming each other with hurtful comments about how another girl looks or doesn't look. We are all beautiful in our own unique way; so let's speak about each other with the dignity that we would want others to have when they speak about us.

Individual talent is an obstruction principally among teams that employ the facade of a synergy to diminish the majorities mediocrity.

All of us are born unique and exceptional. Yet, too many of us spend a lifetime blending in and staying average.

We expect our politicians and public figures to be just like us; that is, until they admit to being tired, run-down or - the very worst - bored. Perhaps it's a reflection of our nation's tall poppy syndrome, or maybe we simply want those who represent us to represent only the very best of us, not our day-to-day selves who also get tired or sick or cranky. None of us is perfect, but our representatives must be perfection personified: of unwavering good judgement and with a superhuman body and mind. They must also be capable of perfect restorative sleep, except when we demand them to work for us around the clock.

Buzzy Bees and gumboots, pavlovas and pounamu, then we list values and characteristics: a fair go; No. 8 wire; can-do attitude; Jack’s as good as his master; tall-poppy syndrome; laconic humour; love of the land …