In my experience, I find that most patients request surgery, and often do not choose to invest in a long term physical therapy program when faced with the options.

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As often happens, however, when I learned more about the experience, it became more interesting to me.

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However, they often had little to no legal or business experience, so I began answering questions to help them make more money and build their businesses.

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"I would hope that a wise woman with the richness of her experience would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion, " she said in the 1994 speech.

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"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life, " she said in the speech, explaining how she thinks life experiences can influence judicial rulings.

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