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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 just think I'm direct. "

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

" Being a nurturer isn't being a moron. "

" 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.' "

" Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression. "

" All the judges watched Judge Wapner. All America, at one point or another, watched Judge Wapner. "

" I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?' "

" When states and cities and our country say we're going to tax the rich - and that word 'rich' or 'wealthy' doesn't sound like it comes from success of hard work, but from something negative - I resent it. "

" 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 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. "

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

" If you're going to spend your time, spend your time getting smarter. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Never let anyone or anything define your value or limit your dream. "

" I never had an issue with gender. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "