“The important question is, do we want more women in management positions, or less assholes in general. I lean toward the latter.”

—  Jo Ankier

During an interview with BBC - France. Dec 2011.
Jewish Chronicle, 17 August 2007, p. 11-12: "The calendar girl who's going for gold"

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