I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
EARTHA KITTDon’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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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 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 love men and I like to get their attention.
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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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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 punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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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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In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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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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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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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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Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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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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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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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 wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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