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" Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig. "

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" I'm a law-and-order girl: I like people who do the right thing. "

Do The Right Thing

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

" I don't mind getting my hands dirty, and I don't mind getting to the truth of a situation and saying, 'You're right, you're wrong, next case.' "

" Working parents bring a certain amount of guilt to their relationship with their children. "

" The President of the United State is the leader of the free world, and the world has to be able to rely on his or her word, to feel that they have a good moral compass. "

" People are supposed to be responsible. "

" You should want to give something back. "

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

Political Correctness

" I'm an entertainer, and I'm paid as an entertainer. "

" I never had an issue with gender. "

" Teach your daughters, teach your granddaughters, everybody has to have something that they're good at where they can earn a living. "

" 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. "

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

" What keeps me going is those cases, maybe ten a year, where I can make a difference. "

" 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. "

" Not everything has to be a money-making operation. You do things sometimes because it makes you feel good. "

" I try to have the right thing happen at the end of the case, try to have the case have a moral compass to it, try to do a little teaching while I'm at it because that's the, you know, that's the preacher in me. "

" They will find somebody younger, somebody funnier, somebody more engaged. As long as the court genre is viable, people are going to be looking for someone to knock me off of my perch. "

" 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. "

" Women make a terrible mistake because they usually are so desperate to nest that they pick on schlubs and worthless pieces of trash that they pick up in a bar. "

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

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

" I've had an absolutely magical run. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm not a good interviewer. "

" I think the fundamentals of America are strong. "