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" All those good people huddling behind bars in gated communities - it's the wrong way round. The others should have the bars. "

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" I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn't want to be around you. You'd wind up all alone on an island. "

" I don't like to rule by committee. I like sort of an autocratic way of dealing with things. "

" I just think I'm direct. "

" You lock your windows before you leave. You put on an alarm if you live in the country because you know that there are bad people out there. Well, in this Internet age, you know that there are bad people out there. And no matter what you do, those bad people are going to get into your house. "

" Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. "

" I can't stand stupid, and I can't stand slow. "

" 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. "

" People from Brooklyn grow up with a certain common sense. If it doesn't ring true, it's not true. "

" The reason that you have statutes of limitations is because evidence goes stale sometimes. "

" They want to do the right thing, most people. For that little core that doesn't want to do the right thing and gets away with it routinely, most people want to see them get a good whupping. And I am your girl. "

Do The Right Thing

" I'm not a good interviewer. "

" 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. "

" To be considered presidential timber, there has to be a measure in the way you present your argument. "

" 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. "

" Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally. "

" Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things. "

" 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. "

" I knew where people were sleeping in the hallways, you know, instead of doing their job. I knew what systems weren't working. "

" I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative. "

" If you can share with the people who've been good to you, do it. "

" 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. "

" In too many ways, political correctness has been a bully. "

Political Correctness

" I think I'm a good fact finder. "

" I don't read bad mail. I don't save mail. I'm too old to read negative things. "

" Remember, a Trojan is more than a horse. "

" I think that there is a difference between men and women as a warrior and a nurturer... It's innate. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "