you only go around once

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you only go around once

  1. A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.
    • 1979, Kate Braverman, chapter 3, in Lithium for Medea: A Novel, published 2011, →ISBN:
      Young men washed in the ecstasy of macho male companionship rode a jeep through barren country and embraced at a bar piled up with beer cans. "You only go around once," the announcer said.
    • 1986 May 5, Heidi Evans, “The 55-and-Over Crowd Pops Up at the Ballpark for Senior League Softball”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 9 May 2020:
      "Thank God I'm here. I figure you should play as long as you can because you only go around once, and I know it."
    • 1996 October 13, James V. O'Connor, “With a Dream (and a Ferrari), An Executive Takes Up Racing”, in New York Times, retrieved 9 May 2020:
      "Two years ago when I first heard of the Ferrari Challenge I never would have thought I would be doing something like this," said Mr. McCormick, president of First Manhattan Consulting Group in Manhattan. "Then I turned 48 and said, 'You only go around once.'"
    • 2015, John McDonough, Karen Egolf, The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising, →ISBN, page 1403:
      The agency boosted Schlitz's name recognition with the "Gusto" campaign. Consumers [] were even reminded that "You only go around once in life: go for all the gusto you can."

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