In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
EARTHA KITTWhen 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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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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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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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 never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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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 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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