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.
GEORGE LUCASTrain yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
More George Lucas Quotes
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All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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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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Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil… The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.
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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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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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Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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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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Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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Good luck has its storms.
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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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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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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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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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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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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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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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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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The older you get, the less seriously you take criticism. I’ve gotten to a point now where I ignore it completely. It’s just not relevant to me anymore.
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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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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 best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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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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Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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