Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Andy Dufresne

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Giving up Decisions and choices

Speaker

Andy Dufresne

Actor

Tim Robbins

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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Another quote about Living life to the fullest

Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic
Living life to the fullest
Speaker
Jake Barnes

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
The Sun Also Rises
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Fight Club

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Topic
Carpe diem Life Death
Source
Fight Club
Medium
Film
Genre
Drama (film) Drama
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Weigh’st thy words before thou giv’st them breath.

William Shakespeare

Othello

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Think before speaking Careless speech Talking
Speaker
Othello

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Othello
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1604 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Othello." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 3.