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Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

Norman Lear

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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
Actor
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Film Director
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Television Producer
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New Haven
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Norman Milton Lear
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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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I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.
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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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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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I never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.
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It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.
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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
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I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.
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We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.
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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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If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.
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I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.
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I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.
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You know, you throw rocks in the lake and scientists will tell you you're raising the level of the lake, but all you get to see is the ripple.
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Success is how you collect your minutes.
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If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.
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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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Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.
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When something is over, it is over.
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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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