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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. "

Judy Sheindlin

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" My first husband is a lovely, lovely man, but he always viewed my job as a hobby, and there came a time where I resented that. "

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

" I still love working. I still love being in the mix of things. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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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" I just think I'm direct. "

" 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. "

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

" People are supposed to be responsible. "

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

" Nothing in my early childhood suggested to anyone - except maybe my father - that one day I would be standing here and be known simply as Judge Judy. "

" 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. "

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

" I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye. "

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

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

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" I started out in a two-room apartment in Brooklyn and thought, 'Never again.' "

" I don't like to watch train wrecks. "

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

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