Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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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.
More Sonia Sotomayor Quotes
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Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career.
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We apply law to facts. We don’t apply feelings to facts.
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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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I’ve spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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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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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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As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.
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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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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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There are no bystanders in this life.
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Until we reach equality in education, we can’t reach equality in the larger society.
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I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can’t imagine someone else’s point of view.
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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 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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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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Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.
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