I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.
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.
More Sonia Sotomayor Quotes
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There are no bystanders in this life.
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I have always been actively involved in my community, belonging to organizations that promote the interests of Latinos. But I also know that the issues we confront are the same issues, in many respects, as the larger community. So what we do helps not just us but everybody.
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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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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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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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A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, “Yes, someone like me can do this.”
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My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.
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Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.
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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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I’ve spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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Don’t be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.
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If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out fairly, I can live with the results, whatever they may be.
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