American - Lawyer | October 21, 1942 -
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.
Judy Sheindlin
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I go down to the gym unwashed, like something dragged in from behind a truck.
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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.
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We don't take Sweet'n Lows from restaurants anymore. I don't stuff dinner rolls into my pocketbook.
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Incarceration is supposed to keep the community safe from your behavior.
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TV was not in my future, not in my mind's eye.
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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.'
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Being a nurturer isn't being a moron.
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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.
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I just think I'm direct.
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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.
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When I was a practising lawyer in the family court, there were too many judges who, when you left their courtroom, you didn't know whether you'd won or whether you'd lost.
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