Sonia Sotomayor
Birthday:
25 June 1954, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Sonia Maria Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor was born on June 25, 1954 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA as Sonia Maria Sotomayor. She was previously married to Kevin Edward Noonan.
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 ...Show more »
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. Show less «
When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and chat outside...Show more »
When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and chat outside my door because they knew - no matter how loud they talked - if I was concentrating, it would not disturb me at all. Show less «
[on why she wrote 'My Beloved World', her autobiography] I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount...Show more »
[on why she wrote 'My Beloved World', her autobiography] 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. Show less «
In the world I grew up in, if you were poor and had a bunch of kids in the house - which everybody did - nothing you bought was ever going t...Show more »
In the world I grew up in, if you were poor and had a bunch of kids in the house - which everybody did - nothing you bought was ever going to stay pure, and the only way to do it was to put plastic on [the couch] to protect it. Show less «
Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advant...Show more »
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. Show less «
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