In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
EARTHA KITTMy 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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 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’m an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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I was a street dancer.
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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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.
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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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Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?
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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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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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