Sonia Sotomayor
Related My father was an alcoholic. My mother was gone. She's the only mother I ever knew. CHARLES PLANCON Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an A... TANIT PHOENIX ERNEST ISTOOK JON KABAT-ZINN My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural ... PAUL NURSE AKHIL SHARMA We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was Fren... JOANNE HARRIS I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother i... GEORGE ZIMMERMAN My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all... DREE HEMINGWAY BARBRA STREISAND ABHIJIT NASKAR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe... JACK WAGNER JEANIENE FROST NEIL GAIMAN Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia. ADELAIDE CLEMENS Although I come from a family who are Muslim - my mother is Egyptian, my father is Palestinian - my ... YASMINE AL MASRI My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist... KABIR BEDI WAYNE GRETZKY My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my ... JULIAN FELLOWES GREG NORMAN ERIC ALLIN CORNELL GREG NORMAN JENNA MORASCA ABBY WAMBACH My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes o... PATRICIA POLACCO My father has been by my side since I was little. He takes care of things, my finances and my family... NEYMAR HANYA YANAGIHARA The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt ve... CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are th... VINCENT GALLO MARK LEYNER I was raised to be kind. My parents were underdogs. Immigrant Jews. I spoke with an accent. I didn&#... SAUL RUBINEK teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER BEN STILLER ZIGGY MARLEY AMY TAN STEVE BUSCEMI PAT NIXON I was very angry. I was hurt inside. You can say like father, like son. Some of my kids were angry t... ALLIE SALLUVINIQ BENJAMIN BRATT I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've ... NEYMAR Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music unde... DANIELLE DE NIESE I wanted to get my diabetes under control. I lost my mother to diabetes and a stroke. VIOLET STARK I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it h... XAVIER SAMUEL Race, class, childhood experience, the books I found on my mother's bookshelf, the albums I foun... RASHID JOHNSON My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still us... CHUCK CLOSE DREW BARRYMORE JANE PAULEY JACK BLACK DONALD TRUMP When I was young, my parents were these titanic, infallible figures. But Mum's illness and Dad&#... SAM WORTHINGTON RITA DOVE Before I spoke with people, I did not think of all these things because there was no one to bother t... BERNARD POMERANCE B. F. SKINNER I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother woul... RICK JAMES My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German ... DANIEL BRUHL LAURA ARRILLAGA-ANDREESSEN After my father died when I was seven and my mother entered into an abusive relationship, I shuffled... RONNIE MUSGROVE JHUMPA LAHIRI ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Rachel: Oh my God. I've become my father. I've been trying so hard not to become my mother, I didn't... FRIENDS My father was an Episcopal minister, and for 14 years my family lived in China, in a city called Wuc... AUDREY MEADOWS WINONA RYDER LARRY ELDER LIZA MINNELLI My parents have influenced my fashion choices. I inherited many of their older garments, and I like ... ELIZABETH JAGGER My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have... P. J. HARVEY PATRICK ROTHFUSS Although my mother was her own person during their marriage, she loved and respected our father. The... BEATRICE E. MORRISON I've become a captive of my own ambitions. PATSY CLINE JULIE ANDREWS FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI III SHRADDHA KAPOOR My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life. EDGAR RAMIREZ EMMELINE PANKHURST WALTER DEAN MYERS SARA SHERIDAN It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientifi... NANCY ROMAN My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a column... SIOBHAN FALLON HOGAN JERRY REINSDORF My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor an... LARRY FITZGERALD ARABELLA WEIR NORMAN FINKELSTEIN LIBBA BRAY PETE TOWNSHEND MARINE LE PEN My father was a vaudevillian, and my mother was principal boy in pantomime among other things such a... GALE GORDON DAVID CASSIDY DAVID LEE ELIZABETH JENNINGS My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirel... ERIKA SLEZAK LYNDON B. JOHNSON Dear Beloved woman,TALON P.S. MARY TYLER MOORE My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. ARTHUR ROCK My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife... PATRICK O'BRIAN AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS No, I do not need an outrageous quest to prove my worth. I deserve happiness -- happiness on my own ... ANNA BAYES RICHELLE E. 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We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, ... SONIA TAITZ SONIA JOHNSON I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but ... SONIA RYKIEL [It's felt that intuitive awareness will only grow in the new century.] I think it's going to becom... SONIA CHOQUETTE French women famously take care over their appearance, but this wasn't instilled in me as I grew... SONIA RYKIEL SONIA JOHNSON SONIA JOHNSON SONIA JOHNSON SONIA JOHNSON SONIA JOHNSON You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's... SONIA RYKIEL Your smile is your best makeup. SONIA MANZOOR I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very... SONIA RYKIEL At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my ho... SONIA RYKIEL As soon as I am up, I brush my hair. I eat breakfast first: tea and brown bread, and sometimes a fre... SONIA RYKIEL SONIA JOHNSON There I am with my walker. I can't maneuver from here to there without it. SONIA GOLDSTEIN SONIA JOHNSON SONIA JOHNSON We each sell alittle piece of happiness. You are elevating someone's spirit in some way, and to do t... SONIA MARCIANO No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heav... SONIA SANCHEZ The future of each of us is inter-connected and all of us should work together by following the path... SONIA GANDHI I don't disown our responsibility and my responsibility as Prime Minister, SONIA GANDHI The biggest challenge at the national level is to defeat communal forces for which the support of t... SONIA GANDHI The Maharashtra government is working out a package for the worst-affected villages of the state in ... SONIA GANDHI I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to ... SONIA GANDHI My complaint with Dr Singh is that he sometimes does not highlight his achievements enough. SONIA GANDHI They should be encouraged to do better as they are our strength. But they must work for the betterme... SONIA GANDHI Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will wo... SONIA GANDHI The Indian army is confronted with daunting challenges as it fights terrorism. Even so I want to urg... SONIA GANDHI For the last two days, some people in the country were trying to create an impression that parliamen... SONIA GANDHI New regulations would be a disaster at this point. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the... SONIA ARRISON It's the society we live in, that we're so open and trusting. We make the assumption that everything... SONIA ARRISON It shows their lack of understanding of technology. It's willful ignorance. They're complete hypocri... SONIA ARRISON If Yahoo isn't doing business in China, someone else will. It's putting American businesses at a dis... SONIA ARRISON Economics matters a great deal, and American companies are often torn when they consider their actio... SONIA ARRISON The lifestyle of many of our colleagues has been very pompous. They conduct weddings and birthdays i... SONIA GANDHI An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources ... to improve the lives o... SONIA GANDHI Sonia is a very private person; yet, she is enigmatic. I wrote this book in 2003, when Sonia's polit... SONIA GANDHI I belong to a political family. SONIA GANDHI The present situation in other political parties is very bad. We should not allow the problems confr... SONIA GANDHI People use their intuition with things they care about. Many women are most intuitive with their re... SONIA CHOQUETTE You haven't been in the darkness yet, have you?
When I am gone you will see the ugly darkness.
Becau... SONIA MANZOOR For the last two days, some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if the Government and... SONIA GANDHI SONIA JOHNSON SONIA RUMZI First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Th... SONIA RYKIEL SONIA RUMZI SONIA RUMZI It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: livi... SONIA GANDHI A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. So... SONIA RYKIEL Come windless invaderSONIA SANCHEZ When I was only eleven years old, I decided to become a writer. I told this ambition in a letter to ... SONIA LEVITIN SONIA RUMZI I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,&#... SONIA RYKIEL SONIA RUMZI My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. SONIA RYKIEL SONIA JOHNSON SONIA RUMZI Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the ... SONIA RYKIEL SONIA RUMZI The key to my collections is sensuality. SONIA RYKIEL I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm dif... SONIA RYKIEL Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. SONIA RYKIEL My fashion has no time, no season. It doesn't go out of style. If someone decides that clothes c... SONIA RYKIEL I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman h... SONIA RYKIEL I always believe in pants. You can play with your legs, your attitude, with pants. It's much mor... SONIA RYKIEL I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that ... SONIA RYKIEL I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted a... SONIA RYKIEL I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So ... SONIA RYKIEL I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. SONIA RYKIEL Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture. SONIA RYKIEL To be modern is to be aware of what is going on. SONIA RYKIEL What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that int... SONIA RYKIEL It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry. SONIA RYKIEL My breakfast is very important. SONIA RYKIEL I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two ... SONIA RYKIEL People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside o... SONIA RYKIEL I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. SONIA RYKIEL Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge a... SONIA RYKIEL I want my child's money and I want the money for all of those other disabled kids, SONIA BLACK [It's felt that intuitive awareness will only grow in the new century.] I SONIA CHOQUETTE I knew Terry never stays out all night. SONIA MACK I was up all night. I had just lay down and closed my eyes. SONIA MACK If there are long-term needs, then those long-term needs should be filled with long-term workers. SONIA RAMIREZ SONIA RUMZI I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way? SONIA ESTRADA Stress has become more commonplace and accepted in our everyday lives. Many studies show the negativ... SONIA J. LUPIEN
My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught ... 
My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my pare... 
My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father a... 
I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my... 
If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend. 
I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I though... 
My father was English. He date-raped my mother so she's hated English men ever since. You know my bo... 
How are your dear mother and father?" asked Miss Spink.
Most people marry their mother. I married my father. 
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father 
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. 
I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father. 
Since my mother passed away, my father and I forged a bond that is so tighter than one could possibl... 
My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cu... 
Although both of us were raised on Oahu, in Honolulu, my mother has always had fond memories of Maui... 
My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my o... 
My own parents were touchy-feely. 
The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I dive... 
Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, bu... 
Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks i... 
I have made my own decisions ever since my father died. 
My mother was born in Lima, Peru, and my father is American of primarily German and English descent.... 
I learned early on that family, as far as my mother and father, were not an option. 
My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respecte... 
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every... 
My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did m... 
My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learn... 
I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or no... 
My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life ... 
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father ca... 
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was o... 
an inner strength that my parents gave me, especially my mother. 
The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.'
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My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea p... 
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My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they h... 
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I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of th... 
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Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. 
You cannot forgive just once, forgiveness is a daily practice. 
Anyone who teaches me deserves my respect, honoring and attention. 
We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small grou... 
What we have most to fear is failure of the heart. 
Suffering teaches joy.