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We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.

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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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.
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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 have to keep testing myself.
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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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I was called a naughty girl only because I was singing naughty songs.
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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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A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.
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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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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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Thank God you've got a sense of humor, or you'd be in trouble.
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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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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 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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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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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 still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected
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