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Norman Lear

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

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

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"I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much."

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"Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?"

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"It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed."
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"You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings."
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