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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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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Producer
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New Haven
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Norman Milton Lear
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When something is over, it is over.
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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 get a kick out of the fact that people will pick on the writers in California for being responsible for the content. The people seriously responsible for the content are the people who buy it.
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Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
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