Books Quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

8 Books quotes by Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor’s thoughtful reflections on books appear in eight concise lines. They offer a brief look at how she values reading in shaping insight.

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If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being…

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I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.

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Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the…

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I had many reasons for writing this book but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find…

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My mom loved the book [My beloved world] and she said to me, 'I never knew you had done so much.'

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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…

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One of the other reasons for writing this book [My Beloved World] was to hold on to the person you first met.…

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“I will be judged as a human being by what readers find here. There are hazards to openness, but they seem minor…

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This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

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

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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…

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In the wider context, what I believe I was - the point I was making was that our life experiences do permit us to…

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I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the…

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The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was…

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“Over the years, I have gathered more godchildren than anyone I know, and I take the role seriously.”

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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…

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“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”

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You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.

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“The persistence or failure of human relationships cannot be predicted by any set of objective or universal criteria. We are all limited, highly imperfect…

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I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that…

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With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores…

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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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