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Sonia Sotomayor

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences…our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.
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Born Difference Experience Inheritance Judgement Nation Ourselves
You can’t dream unless you know what the possibilities are.
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Dreams Possible Yourself
We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.
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Economics Education Justice Legal Moral Privilege Professional Representation Society
I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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Business Decision Forget Government Reality World
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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Blessing Experience Myself Opportunity Ordinary Person
Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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Alone Future Oneself Path Remember Success Walk
You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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Choice Hard Work Life Understand Yourself
I 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.
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Hope Life Man Myself Reach Rich Woman
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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Attachment Community Different Growth Home Language Parents See Shame Talk Yourself
Don’t mistake politeness for lack of strength.
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Mistake Polite Strength
I don’t believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
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Believe Constitution Honor Respect
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.
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Blessing Face Myself Native Perseverance
To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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Gift Law Myself Professional Service
Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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Failure Fear Greatness Reward Success Teacher
You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will – undoubtedly – fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I’m just not going to let this get me down.
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Doubt Failure Hurt Live Myself
I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I’d feared.
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Acceptance Culture Fear Knowledge Law Myself Simplicity Understand

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