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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. "
Sonia Sotomayor
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" I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. "
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" I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor. "
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" Diabetes taught me discipline. "
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" I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good. "
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" I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out. "
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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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" 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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" I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. "
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" All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know. "
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" The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself. "
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" I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals. "
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" I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life. "
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" I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. "
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" Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. "
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" I think that the day a justice forgets that each decision comes at a cost to someone, then I think you start losing your humanity. "
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" Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives. "
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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 have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive. "
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" Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. "
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" You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action. "
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