112 Quotes by Norman Lear

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    Well, they're all family shows - they're all about families, and they're all about America. That's how I grew up. Those are my people, all of them.

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    We just had a wonderful time. It was a very different time in our culture, generally.

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    It's a happy coincidence that when we bought the Fantasy catalog we were also able to sign one of the most relevant and talented singer-songwriters of our generation. We're all enormous fans of his music. He's a big hero here.

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    I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times.

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    Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states.

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    Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker was a genius at work, God's gift to the world. He is etched permanently in our memories.

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    I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

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