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Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.
Sonia Sotomayor
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American
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Judge
Born:
June 25
, 1954
Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.
Sonia Sotomayor
Equality
,
Society
,
Equal
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
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
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor
Blessed
,
Ordinary
,
Been
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 had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run.
Sonia Sotomayor
Line
,
Brought
,
Disadvantaged
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor
I Am
,
Extraordinary
,
Been
If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.
Sonia Sotomayor
Achieve
,
Your Child
,
Might
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
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
Sometimes
,
Flattery
,
Pursuit
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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
,
Appreciating
,
Savor
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
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.
Sonia Sotomayor
Myself
,
One Thing
,
About
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
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Reveal
,
Tested
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
I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it.
Sonia Sotomayor
Think
,
Move
,
Dreaming
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
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
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.
Sonia Sotomayor
Perfect
,
South
,
Scores
Diabetes taught me discipline.
Sonia Sotomayor
Discipline
,
Me
,
Taught
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.
Sonia Sotomayor
People
,
My Life
,
Shoulders
An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.
Sonia Sotomayor
Father
,
Own
,
Spoke
My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.
Sonia Sotomayor
Law
,
Judicial
,
Fidelity
When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
Sonia Sotomayor
Mine
,
Like
,
Worlds
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
Sonia Sotomayor
Always
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Explain
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Civilized
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