"I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me."

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Source : Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

Elena Kagan

#Gratitude Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other”
“When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itselfâ€”a masterpiece of God.”

Source : Carl Schmitt, Samuel Armstrong Schmitt (2012). “Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty”, p.98, Scepter Publishers
“Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.”
“A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.”
“I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck with me since University.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you.”
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”
“Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (1994). “Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer”, Beacon Press (MA)

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