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So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.
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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
Connecticut
Norman Milton Lear
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Life is about having a good time.
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We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.
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I don't know how you can look back with regret if you're at a moment when everything seems fine.
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Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.
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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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If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.
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We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.
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I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.
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Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show.
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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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I think for television generally, the question that often arises is, Does television lead, or does it follow? You know, does it lead the conversation, or culture, or does it follow what's going on? And I think it does both.
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Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
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When something is over, it is over.
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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'
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