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A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.
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
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More quotes by Eartha Kitt
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 sent my daughter 40 roses last November because I thought she was 40. And she laughed her head off. She is not going to be 40 until this year!
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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 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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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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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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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 have to keep testing myself.
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Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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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.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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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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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I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the father doesn't have to put his name down on the certificate.
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I take life for what it has to offer me. I don't get aggravated about [getting older]. The wrinkles on my face are a natural process, so why should I get angry?
Eartha Kitt
If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
Eartha Kitt
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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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
Eartha Kitt
