I was considered an ugly duckling.
EARTHA KITTPeople in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that’s what they’ve always cast me as.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don’t know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
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We’re not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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I’ve always been multi-cultural myself. I’m not black and I’m not white and I’m not pink and I’m not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.
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The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.
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I’ve always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody’s business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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You don’t move just because you want to go from this point to that point – the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me ‘yellow gal.’ I was caught in between both sides – nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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I’m an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.
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