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"55 Eartha Kitt Quotes & Sayings

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Born: January 17, 1927 Died: December 25, 2008 | Actress | Musician | Comedian |

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.

Love Appreciate Rather Compensate
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
Diamonds Dirt Gold Person
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

Am Diploma I Am Learning
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Afraid Being Being Afraid I Think
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Care Find First Get
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The public has become my fairy godmother.

Become Fairy Godmother Public
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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.

Away Everybody Give Given
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.

About Actions Am Anybody
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

Animals Being Children Feeling
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.

Any Anything Granted May
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I used to teach dance lessons.

Dance Lessons Teach Used
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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.

Because Body Go Just
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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.

America Any Because Being
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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.

Accept Answer Ask Because
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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.

Business Living Nobody Our
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

Because Different Does Just
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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.

Depend Like Make Material
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
Because Jewelry Me Pain
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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

Always Care Darling Friends
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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.

Because Black Catholic Color
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
Free Liv Live Theater Me
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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.

Because Down Edited Entertainment
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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.

Defying Doctors Doing Eat
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

Air BrPower Did Dr
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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

Cotton Essence Sophisticated
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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.

Always Because Cast General
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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.

Always Barriers Been Black
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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

Aging Beauty Respect Should
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I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?

Able About Anything Gender
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I was a street dancer.

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

Answer Asked Feelings Honestly
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

Affection Begging Out Stage
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

Destroys Destructive Everything Greed
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.

Am Cabaret I Am La
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I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.

Bother Personalty Describe Me
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

Child Even Found Survive
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.

Feel Hard I Feel Living
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I love to tease men with my legs.

I Love Legs Love Men
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I love men and I like to get their attention.

Attention Get I Love Like
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

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

Baby Come Feeling Gut
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.

Anybody Head Hit Sexy
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

Construction Down Love Street
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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

Did Follow Herd Made
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The audience has always been my best director.
Always Audience Been Best
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

Bland Business Entertainment EntertainmentBusiness
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I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.

Ever Got Interested Really
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

Immediate Looking Money Only
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I am the original 'Material Girl.'

Am Girl I Am Material
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I have to keep testing myself.

Keep Myself Have Testing
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Eartha Kitt Quotes & Sayings