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Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it’s a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.

Sonia Sotomayor

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
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Focus Myself Negative Positive
The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.
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Fire Forever Myself
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
I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who shows her unconditional love, respect, and confidence.
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Believe Children Confidence Life Love Myself Respect Thrive
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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Alcohol Father Language Limitation Mom Myself Parents Sick Talk
I don’t have a professional aspiration. But I do have a personal one: I want to continue growing as a person. I want to reach out more to people, learn more from them. Ultimately, I would like to be a great justice that people remember with respect and fondness.
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Aspiration Growth Justice Learning Myself People Personal Professional Remember
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 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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Accomplishment Action Institution Myself Quality Thinking
Some people choose not to engage the battle and then don’t seek out that kind of success. And others do.
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Battle Choice Engagement Kindness People Seek
Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.
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Build Experience Life Philosophy Wisdom
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
There are uses to adversity, and they don’t reveal themselves until tested. Whether it’s serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.
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Adversity Difficult Expectation Limitation Reveal Serious Sick Simplicity Strength
Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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Education Equality Reach Society
Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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Alone Future Oneself Path Remember Success Walk
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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Achievement Children Different Help Music Yourself
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

Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it’s a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.

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Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it’s a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.

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