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.
EARTHA KITTGenerally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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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 don’t carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it’s the general public that made me – not any one particular group. So I don’t think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.
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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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I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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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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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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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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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