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62 quotes by Eartha Kitt

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedienne, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world". Kitt began her career in 1943 with the...
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

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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... →

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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

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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 think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out... →

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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.

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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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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

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In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

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I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

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