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.

I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all glued to the television'. And I got a similar message from a friend in Spain.

I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.

Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped.

There are no bystanders in this life.

Being a justice. If you love law the way I do... you're given the job of a lifetime... you're permitted to address the most important legal questions of the country, and sometimes the world. And in doing so, you make a difference in people's lives.

All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know.