I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
SONIA SOTOMAYORAn 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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To me, lawyering is the height of service – and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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Diabetes taught me discipline.
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There are no bystanders in life. Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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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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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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Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the world and the universe. It, to me, was a passport out of my childhood and it remains a way – through the power of words – to change the world.
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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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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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Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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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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There are no bystanders in this life.
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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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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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