You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.