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Norman Lear quotes: You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

Norman Lear quotes: So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

Norman Lear quotes: The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.

The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.

Norman Lear quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.

Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.

Norman Lear quotes: We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.

We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.

Norman Lear quotes: I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Norman Lear quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Lear quotes: When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.

When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.

Norman Lear quotes: Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

Norman Lear quotes: 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.

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.

Norman Lear quotes: The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

Norman Lear quotes: There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

Norman Lear quotes: Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

Norman Lear quotes: If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

Norman Lear quotes: When something is over, it is over ...

When something is over, it is over ...

Norman Lear quotes: TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

Norman Lear quotes: When I want to entertain entertainers, I call Jason Randal!

When I want to entertain entertainers, I call Jason Randal!

Norman Lear quotes: We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

Norman Lear quotes: In this nation, leadership is dollars.

In this nation, leadership is dollars.