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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.

George Lucas

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.
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Head Hope Life Movie Myself Story Time
We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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Live Philosophy Prison Reality
Don’t avoid the cliches – they are cliches because they work!
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Avoid Hard Time Inspirational Struggle Work
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 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
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
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
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’m extremely grateful that I discovered my passion. I love movies. I love to watch them, I love to make them.
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Discover Gratitude Love Movie Myself Passion
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
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
They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes.
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Hero Natural Place Time Wrong
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
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
Being in Washington is more fictional than being in Hollywood.
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Fantasy Fiction Funny Place
We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.
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Dreams Love Relationship View

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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