May the Force be with you.
GEORGE LUCASFrom 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.
More George Lucas Quotes
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It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
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Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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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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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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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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Good luck has its storms.
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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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All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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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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It’s very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what’s inside of you.
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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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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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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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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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There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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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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Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
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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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Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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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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I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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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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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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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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