I was a street dancer.
EARTHA KITTRelationships 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’ve always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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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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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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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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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 used to teach dance lessons.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody’s business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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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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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 stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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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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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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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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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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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