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

Norman Lear, American Producer

Nixon, Play, Will

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

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

Norman Lear, American Producer

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

"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."

"Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make."

"We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right."

"That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people."

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

"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."

"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."

"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."

"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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