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.
EARTHA KITTMaybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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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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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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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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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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 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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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 am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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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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