In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
EARTHA KITTOrson 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I love to tease men with my legs.
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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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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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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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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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I was a street dancer.
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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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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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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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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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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 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’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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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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