Quote by Norman Lear
It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desi

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. – Norman Lear

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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 thats not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. – Norman Lear

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dad
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But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. Theyre all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives. – Norman Lear

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Humor
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I guess because the shows were activist in their own way – the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know – people understand me very well. They also understand theres a very strong bipartisan part in all of this. – Norman Lear

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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. – French Proverb

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. – Buddha

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There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love. – Mother Teresa

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I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. – Mother Teresa

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. – Albert Einstein

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In our film profession you may have Gables looks, Tracys art, Marlenes legs or Lizs violet eyes, but they dont mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. – Frank Capra

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