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I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#conclusion #experiences #hasn #her #hope

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

#case #every #experiences #hear #helped

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

#countless #extraordinary #i #life #mother

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#attorney #bronx #communities #crimes #devastate

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

— Sonia Sotomayor

#basic rights #believe #firmly #foundation #i

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#anything #childhood #desire #else #ever

My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#am #areas #based #difference #exactly

I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#collaborate #compete #connect #equal #ever

No matter how liberal I am, I'm still outraged by crimes of violence. Regardless of whether I can sympathize with the causes that lead these individuals to do these crimes, the effects are outrageous. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#causes #crimes #effects #how #i

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#cultural #difference #differences #experience #gender