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I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

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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
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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 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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When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
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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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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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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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Don't be shy about making a teacher of any willing party who knows what he or she is doing.
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Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.
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My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
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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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This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.
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Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.
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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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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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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.
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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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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 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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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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