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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.

George Lucas

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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Fear Let Go Lose Training Yourself
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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Illusion Movie Secret
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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Friendship Help Level Life Need People Yourself
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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Boredom Effect Story Tools
A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Abandonment Complete Movie Perspective
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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Myself Success Uplift
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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Culture Friendship Important Inspirational Thinking Yourself
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
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Anger Darkness Fear Hate Leadership Path Side Suffering
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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Goodness History Literature Movie Understand
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant.
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Animal Different Perspective Religion True
I want to live where I want to live, and I will make films because I love to make films.
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Creation Live Movie Myself
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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Complication Element Fire Movie
Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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Fantasy Fiction Funny Place
You don’t see the struggle part of a person’s life. You only see the success they have.
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Life Person Struggle Success Yourself
Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I’ve always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.
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Believe Experience Movie Myself See Sound
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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Criticism Discover History Lost Technology Try

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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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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