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I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

Sonia Sotomayor

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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Failure Fear Greatness Reward Success Teacher
You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will – undoubtedly – fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I’m just not going to let this get me down.
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Doubt Failure Hurt Live Myself
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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Blessing Experience Myself Opportunity Ordinary Person
A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.
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Confidence Effort
Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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Education Equality Reach Society
I don’t believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
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Believe Constitution Honor Respect
We have to look and ensure that we’re paying attention to what we’re doing, so that we don’t reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.
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Attention Institution Pay People Procedure Thinking
You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Dreams Possible Yourself
I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.
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Life Philosophy Threat Value Yourself
Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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Career Fun Pretend
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.
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Blessing Face Myself Native Perseverance
If I write a book where all I’ve ever experienced is success, people won’t take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.
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Book Environment Experience Failure Myself People Success Work Writing
I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.
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Enjoyment Fade Listening Logic Myself Observation Problem
There are uses to adversity, and they don’t reveal themselves until tested. Whether it’s serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.
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Adversity Difficult Expectation Limitation Reveal Serious Sick Simplicity Strength
Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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Alone Future Oneself Path Remember Success Walk
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they.
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Decision God Image Justice Myself People Reality Reputation

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

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