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I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases. It's the law.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Sonia Sotomayor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 25
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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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That tide of insecurity would come in and out over the years, sometimes stranding me for a while but occasionally lifting me just beyond what I thought I could acomplish. Either way, it would wash over the same bedrock certainty: ultimately, I know myself.
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When you marry young, you run the risk that you'll grow in different directions.
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Every lawyer, no matter whom they represent, is trying to help someone, whether it's a person, a corporation, a government entity, or a small or big business. To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.
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The President [Barack Obama] had suggested that I not watch the news during the confirmation process. I assiduously followed his advice.
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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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People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.
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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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I didn't know I had a sense of limitation until I got into the greater world.
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No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous.
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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 do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.
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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've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.
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I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all glued to the television'. And I got a similar message from a friend in Spain.
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When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and chat outside my door because they knew - no matter how loud they talked - if I was concentrating, it would not disturb me at all.
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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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