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

Sonia Sotomayor

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" So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in. "

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