Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
EARTHA KITTI am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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 punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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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 was considered an ugly duckling.
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I was a street dancer.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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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 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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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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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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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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