I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
To the extent that the parents who send their children to these [Catholic] schools are parents like my own, who actually have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“I've always believed phone calls from kids must be allowed if mothers are to feel welcome in the workplace, as anyone who… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Seeing my mother get back to her studies was all the proof I needed that a chain of emotion can persuade when… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our founding fathers. They set forth principles… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“There are uses to adversity, and they don’t reveal themselves until tested. Whether it’s serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit us to… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“Over the years, I have gathered more godchildren than anyone I know, and I take the role seriously.” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I am growing to love DC.This [Washington] is a beautiful city. I think every citizen should come see their capital. A lot of the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there. Page 188” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
“The persistence or failure of human relationships cannot be predicted by any set of objective or universal criteria. We are all limited, highly imperfect… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share
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