My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDon’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.
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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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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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Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time.
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It’s hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court.
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I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.
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We belong to a group that historically has been the object of discrimination.
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The new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias.
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As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.
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Every girl and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.
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A gender line helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
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You can’t have it all, all at once.
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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.
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I would not like to be the only woman on the court.
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