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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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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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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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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?
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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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 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 was called a naughty girl only because I was singing naughty songs.
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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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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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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 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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I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.
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Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever.
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Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.
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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 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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Thank God you've got a sense of humor, or you'd be in trouble.
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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.
Eartha Kitt
I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
Eartha Kitt
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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