I was a street dancer.
EARTHA KITTI was considered an ugly duckling.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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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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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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 used to teach dance lessons.
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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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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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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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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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