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.
EARTHA KITTWhenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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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 was considered an ugly duckling.
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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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I used to teach dance lessons.
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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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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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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I’ve always been multi-cultural myself. I’m not black and I’m not white and I’m not pink and I’m not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.
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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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If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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