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.
SONIA SOTOMAYORI 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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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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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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In every position that I’ve been in, there have been naysayers who don’t believe I’m qualified or who don’t believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.
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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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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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I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.
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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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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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Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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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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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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We apply law to facts. We don’t apply feelings to facts.
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We have to look and ensure that we’re paying attention to what we’re doing, so that we don’t reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.
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I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
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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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