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If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.

George Lucas

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
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
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 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
I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.
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Adventure Inspirational Myself Regret
You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
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Imagination Inspirational Motivational Vision Yourself
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
The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
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Art Best Experience True Understand Way
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
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
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.
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Determination Focus Reality Remember Yourself
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
A movie is never finished, only abandoned.
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Abandonment Complete Movie Perspective
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
Storytelling is about two things; it’s about character and plot.
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Character Movie Place Story
Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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Fantasy Fiction Funny Place
I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God’s bidding.
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God Life Myself Simplicity Struggle Try
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
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
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
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 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
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
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
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
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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Country Growth Help Humanity Life Obligation People Thinking World Yourself
If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.
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Best Country Happiness Help Patriot People

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