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Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.

George Lucas

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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Myself Success Uplift
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
There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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Life Philosophy Reason Spiritual
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
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
Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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Education Human Important Ourselves Powerful Society Teacher Touch
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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Country Growth Help Humanity Life Obligation People Thinking World Yourself
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
You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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Imagination Inspirational Motivational Vision Yourself
Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
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Each Other Friendship Help Myself Reason Success
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
It’s hard work making movies. It’s like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it’s emotional, tense work. If you don’t really love it, then it ain’t worth it.
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Doctor Emotional Hard Work Love Movie Time 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
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
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
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
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
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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Right Simplicity Yourself
I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Adventure Inspirational Myself Regret
Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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Fear Let Go Lose Training Yourself
We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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Dreams Love Relationship View
Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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Character Movie Place Story
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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Enough Inspirational Love Passion Risk Yourself
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
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
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
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

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