I don’t believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
SONIA SOTOMAYORI would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.
More Sonia Sotomayor Quotes
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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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The challenges I have faced – among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother – are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.
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I do know one thing about me: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth.
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You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.
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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.
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The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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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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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have no idea what the relationship is between Puerto Rico and the United States. And certainly, I have been asked if we are citizens.
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I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
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There are no bystanders in life. Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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