get busy
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In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
In particular, Mr Matthews said, there are times when humans are better placed to take orders, especially when the restaurants get busy.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
That said, life can get busy, and sometimes I need to get dinner on the table quickly.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
“This is the time to really do it. Do it before we start to get busy with all the stuff that comes with the holidays, with the kids going back to school.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
I hated to do this—interrupt Mr. Ali’s Sunnshyne roast—but I had wrapped up my homework half an hour ago and I was ready to get busy.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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