Eartha Kitt

I was a street dancer.

— Eartha Kitt

The public has become my fairy godmother.

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I was considered an ugly duckling.

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I used to teach dance lessons.

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The biggest family in the world is my fans.

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I am the original Material Girl.

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I love to tease men with my legs.

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I have to keep testing myself.

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Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.

— Eartha Kitt

Thank God you've got a sense of humor, or you'd be in trouble.

— Eartha Kitt

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

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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

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

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“I am learning all the time. My tombstone will be my diploma.”

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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.

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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

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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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I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me,…

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I am supposed to be, according to what I am told, one of the children of the cotton plantation owner's sons. If…

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I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is…

— Eartha Kitt

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

— Eartha Kitt

Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.

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Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.

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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,…

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Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather…

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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…

— Eartha Kitt

A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So…

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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…

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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…

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I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the…

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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…

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I was invited to a luncheon with 49 other women to give my opinions about the problematic situation among young people. They…

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The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don’t have…

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As you've witnessed, Catwoman is the ultimate diva. From the pages of comic books to both small and big screens, Catwoman continues…

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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.

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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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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

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I am always trying to eat the right kind of foods that are going to keep me healthy.

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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.

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