"We got ratings. It isn't that they won't……" — Norman Lear
"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."
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Norman Lear
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34 Quotes by Norman Lear
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Success is how you collect your minutes. You spend millions of minutes to reach one triumph, one moment, then you…
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It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where…
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That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the…
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Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you…
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The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.
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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
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There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
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TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.
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It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240,…
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Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to…
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Success is how you collect your minutes.
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I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.
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