"I think too much can be made about the disparity in results between girls and boys, " he said.

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But when the government considers the extra money I make to be expendible or unnecessary and takes too much of it, it can cease to be worth my time.

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And if you don't see a role model, you say to yourself, my gosh, I can't be like that person because there's nobody who looks like me and I don't inspire too much, and that's a problem.

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