I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.
Sonia SotomayorYou make your life choices understanding that you might and do have to work harder to prove yourself.
Sonia SotomayorIf I go home, get a gun, come back and shoot you, that may not be legal under New York law because you would have alternative ways to defend.
Sonia SotomayorI think there's a large segment of the mainland population that does not really understand the number of territories that are part of the United States.
Sonia Sotomayor