Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Beautiful Boy · 1980

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Lennon, John. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)." Double Fantasy. Geffen Records/Capitol Records, 1980.

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon

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