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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

Sonia Sotomayor

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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Alone Future Oneself Path Remember Success Walk
We apply law to facts. We don’t apply feelings to facts.
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Difference Fact Feelings Law
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
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.
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Constitution Discrimination Eyes Race Stop Talk Way
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
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
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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Expectation Myself Self Love Worth
A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, “Yes, someone like me can do this.”
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Existence Inspirational Model Myself Possible Reason Role
My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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Judiciary Law Myself Philosophy
I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.
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Enjoyment Fade Listening Logic Myself Observation Problem
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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Attention Institution Pay People Procedure Thinking
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
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
Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.
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Challenge Growth Life Modesty Myself Rich
The challenges I have faced – among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother – are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.
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Achievement Challenge Face Material Myself Poor Poverty Sick
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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Build Community Discover Stand Strength Wall Yourself

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