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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
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Norman Milton Lear
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The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American way.
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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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In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.
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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.
Norman Lear
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'.
Norman Lear
I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.
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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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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
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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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So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.
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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 never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.
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I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.
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I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.
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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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Life is about having a good time.
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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.
Norman Lear
Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.
Norman Lear
If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.
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