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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
Norman Lear
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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
Actor
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Television Producer
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New Haven
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Norman Milton Lear
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If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.
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The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of course they know. But they're comfortably ensconced in their country clubs and churches, and very far removed from the decisions that are made on their behalf.
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