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 KITTDr. 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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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 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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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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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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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 fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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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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I used to teach dance lessons.
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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’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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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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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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