Judy Sheindlin Quotes

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Judy Sheindlin

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : October 21, 1942

While I sat in family court, I probably heard 20 or 25,000 cases. And I am sure, during the course of those cases, there were cases that I probably would've decided differently had I had either more time or been able to explore more. But all you can do as a judge is really give a case your best effort.

Judy Sheindlin

I don't like to watch train wrecks.

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Long before I was Judge Judy, when I was an unknown worker bee, I usually got what I wanted.

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I set realistic goals consistent with my talents. I never, for instance, wanted to sit on an appellate court. I'm not an academic. Truth be told, I hate to do research. I have a practical mind, and I was well suited for the trial court bench, not the appellate.

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I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.

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I'm realistic. I'm not becoming Farrah Fawcett here. If you stay beyond your welcome, it's for ego or money or because you can't exist without the limelight. I'm fine without it.

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Incarceration is supposed to keep the community safe from your behavior.

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Little things happen to us during the course of our lives when we were children that stay with us.

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TV was not in my future, not in my mind's eye.

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Megyn Kelly is one of those rare women who seamlessly combines professional excellence and family. She doesn't need a catch phrase to define what she instinctively has accomplished. She just 'does it.'

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Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.

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If you take control over those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected.

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When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me.

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A judge is supposed to be able to make a decision, and when you make a decision, very often one party - and very often both - are a little disappointed.

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When I was a practising lawyer in the family court, there were too many judges who, when you left their courtroom, you didn't know whether you'd won or whether you'd lost.

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I really believe if you give people a product that couples entertainment with a little bit of education, a soft glove and sense of humor - especially about a subject people have begun to feel very frustrated about, which is the legal system - then you have a formula for success.

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