People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that’s what they’ve always cast me as.
EARTHA KITTIn essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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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 used to teach dance lessons.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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 never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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I was a street dancer.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it’s a part of live entertainment.
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