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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

Eartha Kitt

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Eartha Kitt
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 17
Died: 2008
Died: December 25
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Voice Actor
North
South Carolina
Eartha Mae Keith
Eartha Mae Kitt
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Cotton
Sophisticated
Essence

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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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I used to teach dance lessons.
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I love being in America. I used to love traveling and I am glad that I was able to go around the world. I still love to go to Europe, but I always want to come home.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected
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I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
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The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.
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I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.
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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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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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As the 'Batman' TV series was returning to ABC for its second season in 1967, the TV bosses decided to take Catwoman into another direction... lucky for me.
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When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.
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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.
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I don't go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily.
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Thank God I got the rejects. These animals are very, very affectionate.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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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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A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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