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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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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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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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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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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Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.
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Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.
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I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.
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It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.
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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.
