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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
Norman Lear
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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
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Television Producer
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New Haven
Connecticut
Norman Milton Lear
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Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
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