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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.
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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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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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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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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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'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 don't go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily.
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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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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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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'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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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 used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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 don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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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 biggest family in the world is my fans.
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I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.
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