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Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.

George Lucas

Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.
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Complication Element Fire Movie
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 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
We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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Dreams Love Relationship View
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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Artist Easy Photograph Technology View
Good luck has its storms.
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Goodness Inspirational Luck One Liner Perspective Storm
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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Determination Focus Reality Remember Yourself
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
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
If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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Best Country Happiness Help Patriot People
Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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Education Human Important Race
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
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Death Freedom Liberty Thunder
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.
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Achievement Destination Goal Issues Journey Reality Yourself
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
It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
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Education Experience Learning Lesson Lose
If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
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Key Perseverance Quality Success Thinking
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
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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Evil Friendship Goodness Ideas Issues Loyalty People Story
A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Abandonment Complete Movie Perspective
Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that’s how success is measured.
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Achievement Feeling Measurement Success Vision
Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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Believe Experience Movie Myself See Sound
May the Force be with you.
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Force Prayer Yourself
There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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Life Philosophy Reason Spiritual
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
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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Animal Different Perspective Religion True
I’m extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.
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Discover Gratitude Love Movie Myself Passion

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