I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered. - Sonia Sotomayor 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. - Sonia Sotomayor 3 Share Now -
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 4 Share Now -
Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives. - Sonia Sotomayor 5 Share Now -
When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different. - Sonia Sotomayor 6 Share Now -
I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government. - Sonia Sotomayor 7 Share Now -
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. - Sonia Sotomayor 8 Share Now -
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in. - Sonia Sotomayor 9 Share Now -
If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment. - Sonia Sotomayor 10 Share Now -
