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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.

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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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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.
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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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I was called a naughty girl only because I was singing naughty songs.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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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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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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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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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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A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.
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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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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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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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