Carolina QuotesWe never talked about men or clothes or inconsequential things we got together. It was always Marx, Lenin and revolution - real girls' talk.
Nina Simone Carolinian
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As quoted in Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black, Rickey Vincent
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“We never talked about men or clothes or inconsequential thin…” Nina Simone. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E430DAFE0F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e430dafe0f
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