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The first person credited with the phrase, translated fron the Latin "carpe diem," was the early Roman poet Horace (65 BC-8 BC).

The phrase has recently become associated with John Keating, the character portrayed by Robin Williams in the 1989 drama "Dead Poets Society." Keating, an English teacher at a Vermont boys' prep school in the 1950s, challenges his students to enjoy their lives. "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys," Keating says. "Make your lives extraordinary."

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