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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

Eartha Kitt

In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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Act Critic Dangerous Fifties Use Say
I have to keep testing myself.
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Have Keep Myself Test
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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Adopt Been Family Me Only Orphan Public
I was a street dancer.
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Dancer Street
I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Child Illegtimate Stikll
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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Anybody Beenm Sensitive Call Color Everybody Gal Identify never Yellow
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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Away Come Everybody Give Life Mother
Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Live More Movie Much Television Theatre
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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Because Entertainer Color Term Thought We Are
I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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Ever Interested Really Theatre Think
I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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Answer Ask Feeling Honesty Political Sleeve Wear
When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody’s business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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Business Do Have Living Nobody Own Private Style
I was considered an ugly duckling.
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Consider Duckling Ugly
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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Action Anybody Else More Myself Punish Reality Stupid Sufer Than
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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Always Cast General Girl Me Naughty People See Uses
I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Construction Love Street Use Walk Whistle Worker

I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

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