Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
EARTHA KITTI was considered an ugly duckling.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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I’m a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don’t trust diamonds and gold.
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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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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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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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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 have to keep testing myself.
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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 never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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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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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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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 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 am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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The audience has always been my best director.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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 have a great need for affection from an audience. I don’t know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
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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 love men and I like to get their attention.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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