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Work Hard On Each Opinion, But Once The Case Is Decided, Don't Look Back; Go On To The Next Case And Give It Your All. It's Not Productive To Worry About What's Out And Released, Over And Done. That's Advice I Now Give To People New To The Judging Business.

I Didn't Change The Constitution; The Equality Principle Was There From The Start. I Just Was An Advocate For Seeing Its Full Realization.

When Contemplated In Its Extreme, Almost Any Power Looks Dangerous.

I Conceived Of Myself In Large Part As A Teacher. There Wasn't A Great Understanding Of Gender Discrimination. People Knew That Race Discrimination Was An Odious Thing, But There Were Many Who Thought That All The Gender-based Differentials In The Law Operated Benignly In Women's Favor. So My Objective Was To Take The Court Step By Step To The Realization, In Justice Brennan's Words, That The Pedestal On Which Some Thought Women Were Standing All Too Often Turned Out To Be A Cage.

I'm Not Very Good At Promotion.