Sonia Sotomayor Quotes

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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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  Teacher, Rewards, Great Teacher

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.132, Vintage

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• Don't let fear stop you. Don't give up because you are paralyzed by insecurity or overwhelmed by the odds, because in giving up, you give up hope. Understand that failure is a process in life, that only in trying can you enrich yourself and have the possibility of moving forward. The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it.

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  Giving Up, Moving, Don't Give Up

  Source: progressive.org

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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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  Expectations, Self Respect, Women History Month

  "A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family". "Morning Edition" with Nina Totenberg, www.npr.org. January 12, 2013.

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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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  Wall, Bridges, Community

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.164, Vintage

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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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  Dream, Real, Odds

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.11, Vintage

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• Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

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  Path, Succeed, Remember

  "Sonia Sotomayor Tells NYU Grads About Growing Up In The Projects" by Vivian Giang, www.businessinsider.com. May 21, 2012.

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• I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

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  Wise, Women, Glowing

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• Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

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  Mistake, Politeness

  "A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family". "Morning Edition" with Nina Totenberg, kuow.org. January 12, 2013.

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• When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But 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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  Growing Up, Real, Inspiration

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.178, Vintage

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• The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

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  Forever, Heritage, Latina

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• Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

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  Women, Equality, History

  2017 speech at the University of Michigan, www.chicagotribune.com. January 30, 2017.

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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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  Bystanders, Humanity, Greater

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• Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the world and the universe. It, to me, was a passport out of my childhood and it remains a way - through the power of words - to change the world.

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  Book, Reading, Childhood

  Source: www.achievement.org

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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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  Eye, Race, Way

  "Opinion: Sonia Sotomayor's Dissent On Affirmative Action Will Bear Test Of Time" by Raul A. Reyes, www.foxnews.com. April 29, 2014.

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• You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are.

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  Dream, Possibility, Knows

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• I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who shows her unconditional love, respect, and confidence.

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  Children, Believe, Unconditional Love

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.16, Vintage

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• A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

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  Inspiring, Effort, Overcoming

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.115, Vintage

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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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  Differences, Judging, Making A Difference

  "A Latina Judge’s Voice". Sonia Sotomayor’s Speech at the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal’s Symposium, www.law.berkeley.edu. October 26, 2001.

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• As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.

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  Wish, Guarantees, Our Society

  "Michigan's ban on affirmative action upheld by Supreme Court" By Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2014.

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• In every position that I've been in, there have been naysayers who don't believe I'm qualified or who don't believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.

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  Believe, Responsibility, Boss

  "As A Latina, Sonia Sotomayor Says, 'You Have To Work Harder'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 13, 2014.

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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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  Inspiration, Role Models, Doubt

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.178, Vintage

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• The challenges I have faced - among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother - are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.

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  Mother, Achievement, Challenges

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.11, Vintage

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• I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

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  Believe, Honor, Constitution

  "Sonia Sotomayor: 10 Things You Should Know". 1997 Senate Confirmation Hearing, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2009.

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• We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.

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  Law, Feelings, Facts

  "Sotomayor hearings: The complete transcript -- Part 4". latimesblogs.latimes.com. July 14, 2009.

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• We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

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  Justice, Our Society, Moral

  "Sonia Sotomayor: A Look at Obama's Supreme Court Pick" by Reynolds Holding, abcnews.go.com. May 26, 2009.

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