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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.

George Lucas

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
A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Abandonment Complete Movie Perspective
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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Circumstance Movie Pressure Struggle Yourself
The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.
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Illusion Movie Secret
It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.
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Believe Director Generation Life Movie Myself Time Transition
I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Adventure Inspirational Myself Regret
Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
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Effort Hard Work Important Inspirational Yourself
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
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
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
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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Artist Easy Photograph Technology View
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
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Each Other Friendship Help Myself Reason Success
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
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
Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.
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Fear Let Go Lose Training Yourself
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
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
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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Evil Friendship Goodness Ideas Issues Loyalty People Story
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
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
Someday you’re going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.
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Difference Important Learning Sight Yourself
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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Achievement Destination Goal Issues Journey Reality Yourself
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
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Consumption Darkness Destiny Forever Path Start Willing
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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Give Up Hard Hope Myself Secret Worth
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks.
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Enough Inspirational Love Passion Risk Yourself
It’s okay to lose; just don’t lose the lesson.
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Education Experience Learning Lesson Lose

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