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" I would not like to be the only woman on the court. "

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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" I'm sure I've changed my mind about something. Inevitably, when we grow up - as we get more experience and wiser. Well, I've changed my mind about some food that I didn't like when I was young. "

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" My law school class in the late 1950s numbered over 500. That class included less than 10 women. "

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" Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. "

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" My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college. "

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" The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. "

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" I was the first tenured woman at Columbia. That was 1972; every law school was looking for its woman. Why? Because Stan Pottinger, who was then head of the office for civil rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was enforcing the Nixon government contract program. "

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" Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked. "

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" On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it's better to have it clearer than confusing. "

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" Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise. "

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" Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade. "

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" When I was growing up, there were no women in orchestras. Auditioners thought they could tell the difference between a woman playing and a man. Some intelligent person devised a simple solution: Drop a curtain between the auditioners and the people trying out. And, lo and behold, women began to get jobs in symphony orchestras. "

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" I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president. "

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" In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing. "

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" The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control. "

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" I was a super once - an extra - in 'Die Fledermaus,' and was seated within three feet of Placido Domingo. I had never heard a voice of that beauty so close up. It felt as if an electric shock were running through me. "

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" It won't happen. It would be an impossible dream. But I'd love to see 'Citizens United' overruled. "

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" Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation? "

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" I was part of Jazzercise class. It was an aerobics routine accompanied by loud music, sounding quite awful to me. Jazzercise was popular in the '80s and '90s. "

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" I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others. "

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" You can disagree without being disagreeable. "

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" People who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are blind. "

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" When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. "

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" I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed. "

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" I think unconscious bias is one of the hardest things to get at. "

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