Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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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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I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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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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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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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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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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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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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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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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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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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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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 original 'Material Girl.'
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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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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.