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.
EARTHA KITTI am the original ‘Material Girl.’
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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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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I love to tease men with my legs.
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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 stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way 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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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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Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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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’ve always been multi-cultural myself. I’m not black and I’m not white and I’m not pink and I’m not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.
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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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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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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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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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Let’s take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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I have to keep testing 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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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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