I don’t carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it’s the general public that made me – not any one particular group. So I don’t think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.
EARTHA KITTPeople in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that’s what they’ve always cast me as.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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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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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it’s fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
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I love to tease men with my legs.
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I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
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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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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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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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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 am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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