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" Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time. "

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" Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television. "

" I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute. "

" I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken. "

" 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. "

" I am the original 'Material Girl.' "

" When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth. "

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

" 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. "

" Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted. "

" I love to tease men with my legs. "

" 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. "

" Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things. "

Material Things

" This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment. "

" 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 front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that. "

" I don't think I ever really got interested in theater. "

" 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. "

" Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. "

" I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer. "

" I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child. "

" Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that. "

" If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money. "

" I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child. "

" I was considered an ugly duckling. "

" You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy. "

" Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty. "

" In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act. "

" I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret. "

" 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. "

" Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected. "

" Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do! "