In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
EARTHA KITTI was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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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’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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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 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’m a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don’t trust diamonds and gold.
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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 am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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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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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 am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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 punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
EARTHA KITT