#om

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. ↗

— Sammy Sosa

#go #home #home runs #middle #pennant

It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#compels #conclusions #heart #law

You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me. ↗

— Shannyn Sossamon

#i #know #me #much #new

It's become like an urban myth. I don't know her. I don't know anybody she knows. I was standing there at the party by myself for an hour and then I left. Once I got those auditions, I worked really hard. Nobody did me any favors. ↗

— Shannyn Sossamon

#anybody #auditions #become #did #favors

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

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

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

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards. ↗

— David Soul

#always #been #beginning #door #driving

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. ↗

— David Soul

#become #father #follow #footsteps #hero