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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!

George Lucas

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
Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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Easy Hard Learning Movie
I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Adventure Inspirational Myself Regret
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It’s not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It’s how well can you make it under the circumstance, because there’s always circumstances. You cannot use that as an excuse.
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Circumstance Movie Pressure Struggle 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
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
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
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Death Freedom Liberty Thunder

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