In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.
EARTHA KITTI never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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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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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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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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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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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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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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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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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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Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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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 don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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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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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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