I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
EARTHA KITTI am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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 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 love to tease men with my legs.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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I’m a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don’t trust diamonds and gold.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it’s a part of live entertainment.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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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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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn’t supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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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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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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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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I used to teach dance lessons.
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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 stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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