I've never wanted to get adjusted to my income, because I knew I wanted to go back to public service. And in comparison to what my mother earns and how I was raised, it's not modest at all. I have no right to complain.

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.

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.