Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
EARTHA KITTMy house was bugged. They couldn’t find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don’t like some of the things the government is doing.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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My house was bugged. They couldn’t find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don’t like some of the things the government is doing.
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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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When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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 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.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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