I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
EARTHA KITTI am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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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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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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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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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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I was a street dancer.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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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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Let’s take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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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 love to tease men with my legs.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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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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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