Living life to the fullest

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Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Bertolt Brecht

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Fear of death Death Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Pelagea Vlasova, the Mother

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Mother

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Die Mutter. Leben der Revolutionärin Pelagea Wlassowa aus Twer [The mother. Life of the Revolutionary Pelagea Vlassova from Tver]. 17 Jan. 1932, Komödienhaus am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany.

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Brecht, Bertolt. The Mother. Grove Press, 1994.

I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remember who I was.

Whiplash

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Topic

Making a mark Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Andrew

Actor

Miles Teller

Source

Whiplash

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films, 2014.

When it's over I don't want to wonder
If I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.

Mary Oliver

When Death Comes

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Living life to the fullest

Author

Mary Oliver

Source

When Death Comes

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Oliver, Mary. "When Death Comes." New and Selected Poems. Beacon Press, 1992, I. 24.

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea
Loves t' have his sails filled with a lusty wind,
Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack,
And his rapt ship run on her side so low
That she drinks water, and her keel plows air.

George Chapman

The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Byron

Author

George Chapman

Source

The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1608 1600s 17th century

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Original Citation

Chapman, George. "The Conspiracy of Charles Duke of Byron." Children of the Chapel, 1608, Blackfriars Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Chapman, George. "The Conspiracy of Charles Duke of Byron." The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron. Manchester University Press, 1988, act 3, sc. 3.

I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this. I did it my way.

Frank Sinatra

My Way

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Living on one's own terms Life

Speaker

Frank Sinatra

Source

My Way

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Anka, Paul. "My Way." Composed by Jacques Revaux. Performed by Frank Sinatra. My Way. Reprise Records, 1969.

I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either.

Sabrina

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Taking risks Going for it Life

Speaker

Sabrina Fairchild

Actor

Audrey Hepburn

Source

Sabrina

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Sabrina. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1954.

Whenever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die Essays

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Que Philosopher C'Est Apprendre a Mourir [That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Life is long if you know how to use it.

Seneca the Younger

On the Shortness of Life

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Living well The good life Life

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

On the Shortness of Life

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. De Brevitate Vitae [On The Shortness of Life]. c. 49 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca the Younger. "On the Shortness of Life." On the Shortness of Life: Life is Long If You Know How to Use It, translated by C. D. N. Costa. Penguin Books, 2005.

I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Passage of time Aging Living life to the fullest Wasting time Life

Speaker

Robert Cohn

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

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

Living is my job and my art.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Life

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Use Makes Perfect Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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De Montaigne, Michael. "De l'Exercitation [Use Makes Perfect]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Practice." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Realize your youth while you have it... Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Youth Taking risks Living life to the fullest Carpe diem

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 2.

The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use you make of them.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Living life to the fullest Life

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Que Philosopher C'Est Apprendre a Mourir [That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have liv'd light in the spring,
To have lov'd, to have thought, to have done.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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Living life to the fullest Living well Life

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Empedocles on Etna

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?

Henry James

North American Review

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Carpe diem Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Lewis Lambert Strether

Author

Henry James

Source

The Ambassadors North American Review

Medium

Novel Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

James, Henry. "The Ambassadors." North American Review, 1903.

Current Citation

James, Henry. The Ambassadors, edited by Christopher Butler. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

I'm a little bit, you know, seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available... For life to happen to you. We're living this life, we’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it... But if you’re available, then life gets huge... You're really living it.

Bill Murray

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Being present Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Bill Murray

Source

Charlie Rose

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Murray, Bill. Interviewed by Charlie Rose. Charlie Rose, PBS, 10 Feb. 2014.