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The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

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

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

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I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

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Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see.

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Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.

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An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual since. All these things intrude on what most people think of as happiness.

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

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I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They don't determine the law. Congress makes the law. The job of a judge is to apply the law.

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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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All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know.

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

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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.

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The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents struggling to work and to make ends meet. They don't have enough resources to give, they don't have enough resources to pay more, and these are the neighborhoods that go first.

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

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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.

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I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

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I came to accept during my freshman year that many of the gaps in my knowledge and understanding were simply limits of class and cultural background, not lack of aptitude or application as I'd feared.

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

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

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My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law.

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What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession, then your image of what a good lawyer is a male image.

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

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I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they.

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I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.

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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.

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We apply law to facts. We don't apply feelings to facts.

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

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I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.

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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 worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.

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Diabetes taught me discipline.

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