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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today. "

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

" I don't feel as if anything that has happened to me in my life was sidetracked because I was a woman. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've had an absolutely magical run. "

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

" It took them 13 years to get O. J. Simpson, but they got him. What goes around comes around. "

" I eat liars for breakfast. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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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" I was in the family court for 25 years. And having started a second career, having a second act when you were 52 was something that I never thought would happen to me. "