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It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.
Norman Lear
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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
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Norman Milton Lear
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There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
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The evidence seems clear that those business which actively serve their many constitutencies in creative, morally thoughtful ways also, over the long run, serve their shareholders best. Companies do, infact, do well by doing good.
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Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.
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I think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week, and that's where the definition of God starts.
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I think somehow I got a sense of the foolishness of the human - my favorite phrase, the foolishness of the human condition.
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In this nation, leadership is dollars.
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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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