Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
EARTHA KITTI don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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 punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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 am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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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 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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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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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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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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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