In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
EARTHA KITTI was a street dancer.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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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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People 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 was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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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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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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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