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I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

Sonia Sotomayor

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn’t have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.
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Adult Care Children End Existence Interdependence Myself Truth
I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can’t imagine someone else’s point of view.
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Age Break Imagination Myself Old People Time Understand View
My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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Judiciary Law Myself Philosophy
Diabetes taught me discipline.
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Discipline Myself One Liner Sick Teaching
The dynamism of any diverse community depends not only on the diversity itself but on promoting a sense of belonging among those who formerly would have been considered and felt themselves outsiders.
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Community Diversity Feeling
Don’t be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.
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Herself Party Shy Teacher Willing
Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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Education Equality Reach Society
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
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
I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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Business Decision Forget Government Reality World
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.
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Constitution Discrimination Eyes Race Stop Talk Way
If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.
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Achievement Children Different Help Music Yourself
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
Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.
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Challenge Growth Life Modesty Myself Rich
You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Dreams Possible Yourself
We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.
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Economics Education Justice Legal Moral Privilege Professional Representation Society

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