Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
GEORGE LUCASPeople 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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Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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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.
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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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My success wasn’t based on how I could push down everybody that was around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up.
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Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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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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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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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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The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.
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Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.
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