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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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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
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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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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.
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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 movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'
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Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think.
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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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We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.
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