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.
EARTHA KITTI was considered an ugly duckling.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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 was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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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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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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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 am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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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 wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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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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