Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
SONIA SOTOMAYORI 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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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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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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Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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In every position that I’ve been in, there have been naysayers who don’t believe I’m qualified or who don’t believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.
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Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates’ parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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If you’re poor, you don’t often live near a good school. If it’s a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.
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To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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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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Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.
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I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
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If I write a book where all I’ve ever experienced is success, people won’t take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.
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I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.
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The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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I’ve spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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