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.
EARTHA KITTI don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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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The audience has always been my best director.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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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 was considered an ugly duckling.
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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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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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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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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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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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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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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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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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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