It’s great to be in the position of asking questions and not having to answer questions.
RUTH BADER GINSBURGDon’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
More Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quotes
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People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind.
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Be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
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So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
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When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.
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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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If you want to be a true professional, do something outside yourself.
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I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
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In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.
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Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
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A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.
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I get very little sleep when the court is sitting.
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As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.
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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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When I’m sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, ‘When there are nine,’ people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.
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If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.
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