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If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.

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
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The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor
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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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The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally.
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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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It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.
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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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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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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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Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.
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As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.
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I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.
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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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I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.
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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 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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You can only stay connected if you feel connected.
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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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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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