Eartha Kitt Quotes

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Eartha Kitt

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 17, 1927

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

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The public has become my fairy godmother.

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I used to teach dance lessons.

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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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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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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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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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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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I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.

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I love men and I like to get their attention.

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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.

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The audience has always been my best director.

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I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.

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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

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I have to keep testing myself.

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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

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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 don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.

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I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

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