I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
When you have strong views about how to approach thinking about the law, then that view is going to lead to certain… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
You always wonder whether the attacks on my capabilities came from an honest evaluation of my accomplishments or from stereotypical presumptions that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
People in some situations act worse than animals. You can't be a judge if you try to be a robot. Because then… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can. And I visit with community as frequently as possible, given… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The idea of a commonwealth relationship is alien to most people but I think that's true generally. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I accept the proposition that... to judge is an exercise of power and because ... there is no objective stance but only… — 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
I don't have a professional aspiration. But I do have a personal one: I want to continue growing as a person. I… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
As a Catholic, you can have two views on capital punishment. You can think, let Caesar do what Caesar needs to do,… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
There's a great variety of people in Washington, but I think because of the great concentration of people in New York, that… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage.… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Each one of them [referring to her family] believed that hiding things is never good and that by sharing them, we could… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Some people choose not to engage the battle and then don't seek out that kind of success. And others do. — 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 Image
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Over the years, I have gathered more godchildren than anyone I know, and I take the role seriously.” — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
You make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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