I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
EARTHA KITTI punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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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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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 think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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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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You don’t move just because you want to go from this point to that point – the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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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.
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