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Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

George Lucas

My life is making movies. I like storytelling, and I’ve got a lot of stories that are stored up in my head that I hope to get out before my time is up.
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Head Hope Life Movie Myself Story Time
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.
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Give Up Hard Hope Myself Secret Worth
I’ve discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don’t really know much about movies. They don’t know the history. They don’t know the technology. They don’t know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they’re lost.
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Criticism Discover History Lost Technology Try
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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Determination Focus Reality Remember Yourself
Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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Art Light Moments Public
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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Anger Darkness Fear Hate Leadership Path Side Suffering
That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.
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Human People Purpose Race Touch Value
A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Abandonment Complete Movie Perspective
All democracies turn into dictatorships – but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it’s Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
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Democracy Government Ideas Politics Population
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Death Freedom Liberty Thunder
You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you’re going to go down
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Embrace Future Journey Let Go Past Path Yourself
The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same, he said. Personal responsibility and friendship, the importance of a compassionate life as opposed to a passionate life.
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Compassion Issues Life Lying Objective Passionate Psychology Responsibility
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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Consumption Darkness Destiny Forever Path Start Willing
But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.
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Goodness History Literature Movie Understand
Good luck has its storms.
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Goodness Inspirational Luck One Liner Perspective Storm

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