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.
GEORGE LUCASIt’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
More George Lucas Quotes
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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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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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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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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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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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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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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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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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I’ve always tried to be aware of what I say in my films, because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers – teachers with very loud voices.
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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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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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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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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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