Eartha Kitt Quotes

• I’m a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don’t trust diamonds and gold.

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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.

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

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• In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker.

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• Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

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

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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.

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• The audience has always been my best director.

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• Whenever I walk out on a stage, I’m begging for affection.

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

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.

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• The public has become my fairy godmother.

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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.

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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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• 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.

   

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Eartha Kitt (53)

Birth:	17th January, 1927
Death:	25th December, 2008
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actress, Comedian, Dancer, Singer

About

Eartha Mae Kitt was born in North, South Carolina, USA. She was an American actress, singer, dancer, stand-up comedian, and activist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits. She starred in 1967 as Catwoman, in the third and final season of the television series Batman. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".

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