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Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

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George Lucas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 14
Actor
Art Collector
Businessperson
Cinematographer
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Modesto
California
George Walton Lucas Jr.
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There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies.
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