Olivia Newton-John

Singer, Actress

Olivia Newton-John was a renowned singer and actress, celebrated for her role in 'Grease' and her impactful advocacy for cancer awareness.

Born
September 26, 1948
Died
August 8, 2022
Quotes
73
Rank
#6016

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"My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere."

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"Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think."

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"I am extremely grateful. And that brings me back to reality on the days I am complaining about something."

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"We wake up and are grateful for the day. Not taking away from the pain, because the pain will be there. But you live on."

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"Being a breast cancer survivor, as I like to call myself - it will be twenty years next year - I did it to make it possible for women to do regular self breast examinations. It's really important - and, it makes common sense: you know your body better than the doctor does who only sees you once a year, you know?"

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"As for the industry, it has certainly changed. I think with all of these television shows and YouTube and the internet, you have so much less time to develop as an artist and perfect your craft. So many things today are "instant" and, that's not always a good thing."

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"For me I have learned to enjoy everything, especially performing live, so much more. I used to get horrible stage fright when I was younger and today and just love to sing for anyone who still turns up at my shows!"

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"Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis."

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"I had a good, sound upbringing with sensible people around me. I was brought up by intelligent parents. My mother always said to me, "You've got to work at your career and you've got to be good at it. Okay, you've had a bit of success but that's not longevity. You've got to really work for a long time.""

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"I am not embarrassed to say that when I was at my worst I took anti-depressants because I think people need to hear that. I think if you are in a dark place where you can't pull yourself out, you may need to ask for help."

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"A lot of songs are inspiration and help people through pain, grief and loss."

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"I would not be comfortable appearing in a country where they have permitted the destruction of such beautiful and intelligent animals."

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"I want to get physical, let's get into physical, let me hear your body talk, your body talk."

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"I think that I've always been on a search. I have my own kind of belief in love is the being, but I think that I've always been searching for truth and I think there's lots of truths and I think we should respect that in each other, and that's really what I wanted to bring across."

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"I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie. There's nothing left to talk about, unless it's horizontally."

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"I simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life."

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"There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end."

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"Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney."

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