Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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In everyday life, I like APC, Isabel Marant, but I also like Zara. It depends how I'm feeling on the day. I like clothes that have a certain strength to them - simple but graphic.
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Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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When I was four years old my mother led me to the park. The spring sunshine was not too warm. The street was almost empty. The witch in my fairy-book came walking along. She stooped to fish some mouldy grapes out of the gutter.
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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.
