Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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 was considered an ugly duckling.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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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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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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We’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.
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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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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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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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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 think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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