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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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 would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t hide within it.
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Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value.
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Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.
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The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law.
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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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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
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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.
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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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There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.
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I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.
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Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.
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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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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
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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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Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.
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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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