I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
EARTHA KITTI 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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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 used to teach dance lessons.
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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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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don’t know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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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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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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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 love men and I like to get their attention.
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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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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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