Living life to the fullest

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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Horace

"Carpe diem", in Latin.

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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.

Every man dies, not every man really lives.

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Life and death

Speaker

William Wallace

Actor

Mel Gibson

Source

Braveheart

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

Dead Poets Society

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Carpe diem Living life to the fullest

Speaker

John Keating

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Dead Poets Society

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Drama (film) Teen Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dead Poets Society. Directed by Peter Weir, Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1989.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Andy Dufresne

The Shawshank Redemption

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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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anaïs Nin

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Courage Living life to the fullest Life

Author

Anaïs Nin

Source

Journals of Anaïs Nin

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "June, 1941." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 3, 1939-1944, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1969.

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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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

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

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Living life to the fullest

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Jack London

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

London, Jack. Quoted in The Bulletin. 2 Dec. 1916.

You only live once, that's the motto nigga YOLO

Drake

The Motto

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Living life to the fullest

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Drake

Source

The Motto

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Drake and Lil Wayne and T-Minus. "The Motto." Performed by Drake and Lil Wayne. Take Care. Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Republic Records, 2011.

Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Portable Atheist

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Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

Author

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Source

How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist

Medium

Essay

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw

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Living life to the fullest Going for it

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Man and Superman

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, "epistle dedicatory." Originally published by Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd, 1903.

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

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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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.

"Life is trouble," Zorba continued. "Death, no. To Live-do you know what that means? To undo your belt and look for trouble!"

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Living life to the fullest

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Zorba

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis

Source

Zorba the Greek

Medium

Novel

Language

Greek

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 8.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Surviving vs. thriving Living life to the fullest Carpe diem The human condition Life

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

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Taking risks Courage Living life to the fullest

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Let Us Have Faith

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Keller, Helen. Let Us Have Faith. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940.

A short life in the saddle, Lord!
Not long life by the fire.

Louise Imogen Guiney

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Living life to the fullest Taking risks Going for it

Author

Louise Imogen Guiney

Source

The Knight Errant

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guiney, Louise Imogen. "The Knight Errant." A Roadside Harp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893, st. 2.

Remember those posters that said, 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day except one, the day you die.

American Beauty

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Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Lester Burnham

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

American Beauty

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

To live...to live would be an awfully big adventure.

Hook

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Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Peter Banning

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

You gotta make life interesting like that cause the shit is flimsy. Life is flimsy. You…you think you’re gonna live, but ain’t nobody gon’ live forever.

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy.

Blade Runner

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Living life to the fullest Dying young

Speaker

Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Actor

Joe Turkel

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

I don't want to survive, I want to live!

WALL-E

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Surviving vs. thriving Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Captain B. McCrea

Actor

Jeff Garlin

Source

WALL-E

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Science fiction (film) Animation Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

WALL-E. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios, 2008.