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Diabetes taught me discipline.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor
Diabetes
Discipline
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I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.
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I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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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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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'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.
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You can only stay connected if you feel connected.
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The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.
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I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.
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All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.
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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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My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
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I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal.
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Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.
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I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.
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If I go home, get a gun, come back and shoot you, that may not be legal under New York law because you would have alternative ways to defend.
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I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing.
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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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