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Steve Martin Comedian, Actor, Writer
Boards

"As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose."

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Geena Davis Actress
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"I realized that in all the sectors of society where there's a huge gender disparity, the one place that can be fixed overnight is onscreen. You think about getting half of Congress, or the presidency ... It's going to take a while no matter how hard we work on it. But half of the board members and half of the CEOs can be women in the next movie somebody makes; it can be absolutely half."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"Writing is the easiest thing in the world.... Just try it sometime. I sit up with a pipe in my mouth and a board on my knees and I scribble away."

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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
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"You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men."

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Jules Verne Novelist, Playwright
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"Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf."

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Michael Lewis Author, Journalist
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"At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark's face would get red and he'd start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers."

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