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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

George Lucas

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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Human People Purpose Race Touch Value
There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.
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Life Philosophy Reason Spiritual
Art is the retelling of certain themes in a new light, making them accessible to the public of the moment.
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Art Light Moments Public
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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Complete Criticism Ignorance Old Serious Yourself
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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Best College Effort Engagement Myself Student Teacher
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
Education is the single most important job of the human race.
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Education Human Important Race
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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Democracy Government Ideas Politics Population
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Adventure Inspirational Myself Regret
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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Aware Loud Movie Myself Teacher Try Voice
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
Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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Fear Let Go Lose Training Yourself
May the Force be with you.
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Force Prayer Yourself
We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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Dreams Love Relationship View
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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Compassion Issues Life Lying Objective Passionate Psychology Responsibility
Teachers are the most important individuals in our society – nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.
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Education Human Important Ourselves Powerful Society Teacher Touch
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
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
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Death Freedom Liberty Thunder
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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Art Culture Destroy People Power Profit Work
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.
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Doctor Emotional Hard Work Love Movie Time Yourself
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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Illusion Movie Secret
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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Achievement Feeling Measurement Success Vision
I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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God Life Myself Simplicity Struggle Try
Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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Avoid Hard Time Inspirational Struggle Work
Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.
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Discover Talent Yourself
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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Key Perseverance Quality Success Thinking

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