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 Decisions and choices

We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar... Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out.

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Topic
Formation of character Decisions and choices Actions have consequences

Author

William James
Source
The Principles of Psychology
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 4.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

Schindler's List

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people
Speaker
Itzhak Stern
Actor
Ben Kingsley
Source
Schindler's List
Medium
Film
Genre
Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama
Language
English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Schindler's List. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures, 1993.

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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Horace

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Living in the moment

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.