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I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life – being a citizen, being part of humanity – to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.

George Lucas

You need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you’re going to need help, and you never know who you’re going to need it from.
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Friendship Help Level Life Need People Yourself
Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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Education Human Important Race
Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.
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Beginning Each Other Fight Help Society Survive Togetherness Yourself
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 special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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Boredom Effect Story Tools
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
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
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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Animal Different Perspective Religion True
Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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Character Movie Place Story
It’s very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what’s inside of you.
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Culture Friendship Important Inspirational Thinking Yourself
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.
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Art Culture Destroy People Power Profit Work
Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.
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Feeling Force Mystery Trust Universe Way Yourself
You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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Imagination Inspirational Motivational Vision Yourself
Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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Fantasy Fiction Funny Place
Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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Discover Talent Yourself
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Death Freedom Liberty Thunder
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
The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I’ve gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It’s just not relevant to me anymore.
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Complete Criticism Ignorance Old Serious Yourself
May the Force be with you.
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Force Prayer Yourself
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
Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.
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Innovation Myself Reality. Journey
I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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Creation Live Movie Myself
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
It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
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Believe Director Generation Life Movie Myself Time Transition
Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
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Difference Important Learning Sight Yourself
They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.
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Hero Natural Place Time Wrong
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

I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life – being a citizen, being part of humanity – to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.

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