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Diabetes taught me discipline.

Sonia Sotomayor

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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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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The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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Fire Forever Myself
Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.
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Aspiration Dreams Experience Reality True Value
There are no bystanders in life. Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Dreams Possible Yourself
Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke – although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.
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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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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 savor life. When you have anything that threatens life it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.
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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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I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.
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If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.
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Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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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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