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OneLiner — May 15, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Forrest Gump (1994), When Harry Met Sally (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

Matinee

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Answer: Forrest Gump ()

Most people misquote this as 'is like' — Forrest says 'was like' because he's quoting his late mother. AFI ranks it #40 on their greatest quotes list.

Primetime

I'll have what she's having.

Answer: When Harry Met Sally ()

Estelle Reiner — Rob Reiner's mother — delivers this as a diner patron. The line was not in Nora Ephron's original script.

Midnight

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption ()

Stephen King wrote the novella as a deliberate exercise in hope — he wanted to write something with an unambiguously positive ending.

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