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There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

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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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You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.

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My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

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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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The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

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I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.

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Diabetes taught me discipline.

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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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I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: June 25th, 1954

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