Judy Sheindlin Quotes

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Judy Sheindlin

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 21, 1942

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

Judy Sheindlin

A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster.

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I just think I'm direct.

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I never don't have a good time. Even when I go to work with a cold or a sore throat, as soon as I hit the mark and walk out that door, everything else is gone, and I'm up.

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Nothing in my early childhood suggested to anyone - except maybe my father - that one day I would be standing here and be known simply as Judge Judy.

Judy Sheindlin

We don't take Sweet'n Lows from restaurants anymore. I don't stuff dinner rolls into my pocketbook.

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I left family court for the vagaries of TV and said to myself, 'Judy, what the hell are you thinking?' It seems like only yesterday.

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I want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being the first.

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I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast.

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I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don't want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me.

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I still love working. I still love being in the mix of things.

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I knew that if I worked hard, I could have both - I could have a family, because that was important to me, and I could have a career.

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Because of the world we live in, we lock the doors in our house when we go to sleep. If you live in an apartment, if you can, you get a building that has a doorman or security.

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I'm not sure whether it's going to be the downfall of Rome - social media. There are too many secrets.

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So we want to free the women of America? You know what would free the women of America? Make men accept responsibility for birth control.

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I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.

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A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today.

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People in the U.S. pay a great deal of money to support their judiciary, and they have an actual right to see how it functions.

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Cameras should be the norm everywhere. It should be in every courtroom so that the proceedings are taken down and recorded just like stenography.

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I was a grown-up when 'celebrity' happened. So I knew exactly what it was like to be in line at a restaurant and watch someone famous walk in and get a table immediately. I knew I didn't like that; I don't want to make somebody else feel the way I felt.

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