I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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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 used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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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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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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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 public has become my fairy godmother.
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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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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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I love to tease men with my legs.
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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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Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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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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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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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 have to keep testing myself.
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