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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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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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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If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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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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That had always been my purpose: to get people back in touch with what makes us so valuable as a human race.
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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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The one way the world hasn’t changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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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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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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Ultimately the Force is the larger mystery of the universe. And to trust your feelings is your way into that.
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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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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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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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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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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you’re going to go down
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