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Norman Lear Quotes

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension.

Norman Lear

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: producer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 27, 1922

Topics

Good Father Good Times Black Out

Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.

Joan Kirner

Education Good Woman She Without

I'm totally obsessed with Tilda Swinton. She has this strange, beautiful sexiness about her. I love everything she does. And I love her hair. It was a little bit of an inspiration for mine.

Megan Rapinoe

Love Beautiful Hair Strange She Her

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.

John Ortberg

Life Fear People Deep Weird Fall

I told Donald Trump, 'This isn't a campaign, this is a movement.' Look at what's happening. The American people are not happy with their government.

Jeff Sessions

Government Happy People American

While positive mental states may be associated with less stress and more resilience to infection, positive well-being might also be accompanied by a healthy lifestyle.

Michael Greger

Positive Stress Resilience Healthy

I published my first poem in 'The Paris Review' in 1980.

Siri Hustvedt

Paris First Review Poem Published

American democracy is greater with free speech and open dialogue.

Tomi Lahren

Democracy Free American Speech Open

As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator.

Robert T. Bakker

Small Many Jobs Held Illustrator

Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like to have the gentle side of Coltrane or Brubeck on the CD player. It creates sort of a spiritual space in which I write best.

Miller Williams

Time Best Spiritual Space Writing

24 hours a day, I'm thinking about what we can do with this artist, what I can do myself over here, and how we can tie it all together.

Jay Park

Myself Day Together Thinking Artist

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

Jean de la Bruyere

Man World Thought Wishes Seem Must

I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, 'Only children can be abandoned. Adults can't be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don't have a choice.'

Demi Moore

Children Me Think Someone Choice