If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.
GEORGE LUCASIt’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
More George Lucas Quotes
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Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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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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Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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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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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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From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.
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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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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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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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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.
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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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If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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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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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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Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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