“Life is like a box of chocolates.”

Circulates under Forrest Gump

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The popular present-tense version changes the tense of the line spoken in Forrest Gump. Exact wording matters when quoting a film rather than paraphrasing it.

Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Earliest traceable appearance in this record: 1994 film Forrest Gump.

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