I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the …

Sonia Sotomayor
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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. ✨ Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. January 28, 2013.
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