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title: "1 Talk Religion Quotes By Norman Lear"
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> [What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who say to their congregation, 'go home and talk about the religion at the kitchen table with your kids...talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/what-happens-at-the-average-church-or-synagogue-or-mosque-is-that-i/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

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## More by Norman Lear

> [When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/when-we-went-on-the-air-i-didn-t-want-to-be-interrupted-for-an-act/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [In this nation, leadership is dollars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/in-this-nation-leadership-is-dollars/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-american-people-may-not-be-the-best-educated-but-they-re-very/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/maybe-they-continued-to-agree-with-archie-bunker-as-i-said-earlier/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-think-if-you-re-feeling-great-about-where-you-are-everything-that/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/life-goes-on-pretty-much-the-same-way-i-ve-been-working-on-a-couple/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/if-there-is-a-reason-to-believe-in-god-it-would-be-the-havana-leaf/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/in-my-90-plus-years-i-have-lived-a-multitude-of-lives/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [America is a country of excess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/america-is-a-country-of-excess/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/we-just-may-be-the-most-well-informed-yet-least-self-aware-people-in/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-people-responsible-for-the-dollars-that-will-buy-the-sex-and/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/for-all-our-alarm-it-is-clear-that-the-religious-right-is-responding/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-movies-had-a-slogan-at-the-time-to-distinguish-themselves-from-tv/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-think-americans-have-become-a-much-more-a-nation-of-consumers-than/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [My dad called me meat head dead from the neck up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/my-dad-called-me-meat-head-dead-from-the-neck-up/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

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