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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.
— Norman Lear
Tags: dad, people, you, me

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At great, great remove sit the head of General Electric, the head of News Corp, the head of Viacom, or the head of this giant international corporation that wants these ratings.
— Norman Lear
Tags: head, sit, news, great
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.
— Norman Lear
Tags: think, long, you, good
Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
— Norman Lear
Tags: lot, doubts, activity, nobody
In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.
— Norman Lear
Tags: who, will, people, leadership
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.
— Norman Lear
Tags: more, way, you, life
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