Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGMy mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.
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My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential.”
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An operatic voice is like no other.
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The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.
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When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
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Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.
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Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.
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It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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I conceived of myself in large part as a teacher.
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My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.
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Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.
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