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Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

Sonia Sotomayor

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences. Sonia Sotomayor

Blessed, Been, Ordinary

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. Sonia Sotomayor

Financial, Reveal, Tested

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. Sonia Sotomayor

Lawyers, Our, Ensure

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. - Sonia Sotomayor

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. Sonia Sotomayor

Equality, Society, Equal

I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences. Sonia Sotomayor

Opportunity, Good, Believe

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. Sonia Sotomayor

Flattery, Sometimes, Pursuit

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. Sonia Sotomayor

Face, Never, Overwhelm

If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment. Sonia Sotomayor

Book, Own, I Write

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. Sonia Sotomayor

Gender, Sound, Upfront

When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different. Sonia Sotomayor

Being Different, Shame, Your

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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. Sonia Sotomayor

Myself, About, One Thing

My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control. Sonia Sotomayor

My Life, Part, Trained

Diabetes taught me discipline. Sonia Sotomayor

Discipline, Me, Taught

A career is something that you train for and prepare for and plan on doing for a long time. Sonia Sotomayor

Career, Prepare, Doing

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Sonia Sotomayor

Understand, Might, Shaped

I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life... it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can. Sonia Sotomayor

Back, Savor, Appreciating

You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down. Sonia Sotomayor

Down, Getting, Get

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Sonia Sotomayor

May, Gender, Will

The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. Sonia Sotomayor

Law, Task, Apply

With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that. Sonia Sotomayor

Achievement, Been, Reasons

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. Sonia Sotomayor

Law, Firmly, Basic Rights

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. Sonia Sotomayor

Think, Cost, I Think

To have a romance, you have to have time. I'm a justice. I've written a book. The guy's gonna have to wait until I'm a little bit freer. Sonia Sotomayor

Wait, Romance, Gonna

I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them. Sonia Sotomayor

Best, New, Yorker

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever. Sonia Sotomayor

Me, Latina, Forever

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

Innocent, Guilty, Served

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