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.
EARTHA KITTWe’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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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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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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 stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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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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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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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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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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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 am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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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