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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.

Eartha Kitt

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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All Diploma Learn Time Tombstone Will
I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Child Illegtimate Stikll
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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Business Do Have Living Nobody Own Private Style
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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Accept Although Do Eartha Kitt People Reject Relationship Uncomfortable
Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn’t supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.
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Defying Do Doctor Everything One People Person Support These Told
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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Depend For On People Responsible You
In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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Act Critic Dangerous Fifties Use Say
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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Body Just Move Point Vocal Want Well Word
I have to keep testing myself.
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Have Keep Myself Test
I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.
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Audience Cheek Coat Diamond Everything Finger Front Fur Show Time Two Woman
Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.
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Affection Begging Stage Whenever Walk
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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Aging Beauty Respect Should That Wonderful
I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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Last Look Mohican Money Only
Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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All Derries IT Jewelry Pain Time Watch
I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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Follow Herd Made Myself Own Path Stay Way
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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Body Character Child Each Just Look Lot Move Song Way
I was a street dancer.
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Dancer Street
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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Anybody Beenm Sensitive Call Color Everybody Gal Identify never Yellow
Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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Affection Afraid Eartha Nae Scared Seen Shy
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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Away Come Everybody Give Life Mother
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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Being Budget Country Happen House Information Love Subcerivel
I love to tease men with my legs.
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Leg Love Men My Tease With
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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Care Find First Get Job Necessity People Poverty Way
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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Edit Entertainment Happen See Stage Truth
I am the original ‘Material Girl.’
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Girl Material Original
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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Accept Ask Blackball Direct Except People Question Responsible Tell Truth
I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Construction Love Street Use Walk Whistle Worker

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 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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