"Get busy living or get busy dying" I heard this in Shawshank Redemption, a movie from 1994. The story is about a banker, Andy, who receives a life sentence for murderer his wife. He goes to prison and meets Red, a prisoner that can get things from the outside. Over time you see how they become good friends and develop a sort of fraternal relationship, and, after decades of friendship, Andy gives Red the best gift he could ever ask, the phrase: get busy living or get busy dying. That was one of the most interesting phrases I've ever heard. It makes you think about how we spend time doing things we don't like just because that's what people expect from us, or because we are afraid to live. Maybe the point of the phrase (and of the whole movie) was to convey that your lifestyle is the result of how you perceive the world. For example, Andy, the main character tells Red that he really needs to believe there is hope to be a free man; in other words, Andy was trying to say that freedom depends on hope. Just like Stephen Hawking once said: while there is life, there is hope. Actually, that phrase portrays many problems such as power abuse. For instance, in the film, the warden forces Andy to laundry his money, and when he doesn't want to keep doing that, he sends him to the whole (a narrowed cell without windows) for a month and kills one of his students. He doesn't give up, though. He stays in the good side because he strongly believes the truth always comes to light. In conclusion, the message behind the phrase pretends to remind us that life worth it. I really like this movie, It's very touching. I totally recommend it.