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The public has become my fairy godmother.
Eartha Kitt
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Eartha Kitt
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 17
Died: 2008
Died: December 25
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Eartha Mae Keith
Eartha Mae Kitt
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I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.
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The thing that hurts, that became anger, was when I realized that if you tell the truth, in a country that says you’re entitled to tell the truth, you get your face slapped and you get put out of work.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.
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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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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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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Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever.
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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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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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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 I could prove that, I'd own the whole goddamn everything.
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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.
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I would like to be writing more because people are constantly asking me questions, and I write down what they are asking me.
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I'm very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned.
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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 never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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