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Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

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
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Politician
University Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
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When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.
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A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.
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Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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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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The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don't have enough resources to give, they don't have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.
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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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When you marry young, you run the risk that you'll grow in different directions.
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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 think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.
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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
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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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It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
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All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.
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In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house.
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When you have strong views about how to approach thinking about the law, then that view is going to lead to certain results in certain situations. And so people seem to think this predictability is based on some kind of partisan political view. But it's not.
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Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.
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I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.
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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control.
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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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