I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

Jack London

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Jumping in Living in fear Fear

Speaker

Polly

Author

Jack London

Source

The Turtles of Tasman

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

London, Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Macmillan, 1916.

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God at bottom is nothing but an exalted father.

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Sigmund Freud
Source
Totem and Taboo
Genre
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Language
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Time
1913 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Totem und Tabu Einige Übereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker [Totem and Taboo Some Similarities in the Soul Life of the Wild and the Neurotic]. Beacon Press, 1913, ch. 4, sect. 6. Originally published in Imago, c. 1912.

Another quote about Living life to the fullest

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Andy Dufresne

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Living life to the fullest Giving up Decisions and choices
Speaker
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1994 1990s 20th century
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Citation

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

Another quote from 1916

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

Rupert Brooke

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Topic
Experiencing nature

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.