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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 terrified. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy. — Sonia Sotomayor

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. — Sonia Sotomayor

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. — Al Franken

He was teaching the common-law rule against perpetuities, which limits how far into the future a will can control a line of inheritance. — Sonia Sotomayor

If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer? — Sonia Sotomayor

It seems obvious now: the child who spends school days in a fog of semi-comprehension has no way to know her problem is not that she is slow-witted. — Sonia Sotomayor

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Page 115 — Sonia Sotomayor

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started. — Sonia Sotomayor

Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. — Sonia Sotomayor

I got a label because I was Hispanic and a woman and [therefore] I had to be liberal. — Sonia Sotomayor

Diabetes taught me discipline. — Sonia Sotomayor

I don't prejudge. — Sonia Sotomayor

[T]he habit of living as if in the shadow of death has remained with me, and I consider that, too, a gift. — Sonia Sotomayor

I think being a Catholic made me a better person. It taught me how to choose good over evil, and how to be a more caring human being. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

You've got to get your education! It's the only way to get ahead in the world. — Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor is uniquely and exquisitely sensitive to race issues because she is a Latina. — Dahlia Lithwick

You cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. The real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire. — Sonia Sotomayor

I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law. — Sonia Sotomayor

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

I don't prejudge issues. I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

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

You can't say: This much love is worth this much misery. They're not opposites that cancel each other out; they're both true at the same time. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

Good people can do bad things, make bad decisions. It doesn't make them bad people. — Sonia Sotomayor

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing. — Sonia Sotomayor

There are no bystanders in life [ ... ] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves. — Sonia Sotomayor

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me. — Sonia Sotomayor

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land', in most instances they're not even law. — Sonia Sotomayor

Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped. — Sonia Sotomayor

I am a very spiritual person. Maybe not traditionally religious in terms of Sunday Mass every week, that sort of thing. — Sonia Sotomayor

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. — Sonia Sotomayor

Achievement was all very well, but it was the process, not — Sonia Sotomayor

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

I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time. — Sonia Sotomayor

Pretending to be a princess is fun, but it is definitely not a career. — Sonia Sotomayor

It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

The bride Celina and her groom Omar, with Junior, now Dr. Sotomayor. As my first official act, — Sonia Sotomayor

Virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in heaven. — Sonia Sotomayor

I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view. — Sonia Sotomayor

Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my physical presence. Page. 283 — Sonia Sotomayor

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths. — Sonia Sotomayor

I felt like everyones second choice, which is why a compliment could catch me off guard. Page 106 — Sonia Sotomayor

You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are. — Sonia Sotomayor

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. — Sonia Sotomayor

All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial. — Sonia Sotomayor

I'm young at heart. I'm young in spirit, and I'm still adventurous. — Sonia Sotomayor

People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1. — Sonia Sotomayor

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive. — Sonia Sotomayor

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread. — Sonia Sotomayor

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

I am willing to bet that there are some Puerto Ricans who don't know about [their status]. — Sonia Sotomayor

To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift. — Sonia Sotomayor

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared. — Sonia Sotomayor

Much of the uncertainty of law is not an unfortunate accident: it is of immense social value. — Sonia Sotomayor

I couldn't even tell if I had any sadness of my own, because I was so full of Abuelita's sadness. — Sonia Sotomayor

There are no bystanders in this life. — Sonia Sotomayor

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

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

We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts. — Sonia Sotomayor

Every people has a past, but the dignity of a history comes when a community of scholars devotes itself to chronicling and studying that past. — Sonia Sotomayor

Sometimes it gets boring. No justice is supposed to say that. But, you know, there's drudgery in every job you're going to do. — Sonia Sotomayor