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Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: judge
Nationality: american
Birth: March 26, 1930

Topics

Alone Woman Decisions Understanding

In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can be met with suspicion, I can be taken somewhere else altogether. There is always wonderment there for me, even if the person I am photographing may not see it or be aware of it.

I Am People Me Seeing I Can Person

Get out there and meet people, and that will lead to meeting other people. Look around; see if there's anyone hiding in plain sight. There may be friends that become more than friends.

People Friends Look Meeting Meet

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

Light Walk Death Eye Face Look

Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny.

Everything Skinny Boyish Heavy Like

It is important for me to remember that time learning anything substantial, even if it's not my favourite topic, is time well used.

Learning Time Me Remember Important

You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?

Amar'e Stoudemire

Great Red Dress Dinner You Party

From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil.

Power World Living Royal Navy Oil

I don't believe it's humanly possible to be free of bias.

Free Believe Bias Possible

Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD machine: they designed a laser. But we got all sorts of things from a laser which we never remotely imagined, and we're still finding things for a laser to do.

Positive Design Finding Go Never

The United States is undergoing a transformation in how it relates to the rest of the world. We are becoming a nation that has no more negotiators and peacemakers, that shoots first and asks questions later.

World Transformation Rest Questions

When women say that going on publications directed at men is somehow demeaning, I don't think that's true. I think that's one really effective way to change the societal standard women are held to.

Change Women Men Think Say True

I take about 12 weeks to get ready for a show. But I train all year round.

Year Train Ready Take Show Get

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