Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
George LucasRead
If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business.
Interpretation
Understanding the imaginative world of children can lead to great success in creative fields.
George Lucas emphasizes the importance of connecting with the imaginative and whimsical perspective of children, particularly through the lens of an 11-year-old girl, as a key to success in the entertainment industry. By tapping into this youthful sense of fantasy and creativity, one can create content that resonates with audiences, ultimately leading to financial success in the business.
In practice
This quote could inspire a speech at a children's entertainment conference.
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.
The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.
I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear.
I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually a frog or a wizened old man on the side of the road. The hero is going down the road and meets this poor and insignificant person. The goal or lesson is for the hero to learn to respect everybody and to pay attention to the poorest person because that's where the key to his success will be.
So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as βthe best.β
If customer ignorance is a profit centre for you, you're in trouble.
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own), I begin to understand the romance of business.. the allure of being the biggest fish in the pond and the juice you get from beating out your competitors.
Money goes out first to pay expenses and then comes back as profits later - if at all. The high rate of failure of new businesses makes painfully clear that there is nothing inevitable about the money coming back.
I think that business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" pinciples, qualities like love, care, and intuition.
Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.
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