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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't… — James Baldwin

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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

James Baldwin
1961
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Money and sexSexPoverty
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1961
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James Baldwin
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Baldwin, James. "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy." Esquire, 1 May 1961.

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