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

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
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor
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Hard
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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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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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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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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
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I accept the proposition that...“to judge is an exercise of power” and because...“there is no objective stance but only a series of perspectives – no neutrality, no escape from choice in judging,” I further accept that our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions.
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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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Outside of the marriage context, can you think of any other rational basis, reason, for a state using sexual orientation as a factor in denying homosexuals benefits or imposing burdens on them? Is there any other rational decision-making that the government could make? Denying them a job, not granting them benefits of some sort, any other decision?
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Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.
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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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All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial.
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You can only stay connected if you feel connected.
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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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I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.
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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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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.
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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.
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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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I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.
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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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Diabetes taught me discipline.
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