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Misattributed: John Lennon was the original source of the oft-repeated phrase, “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” About this rating While Lennon used those words in his 1980 song “Beautiful Boy,” the phrase did not originate with him. A number of newspapers before that song's release published the phrase without attributing it to Lennon, and several sources that investigate the origin of quo (Source: Snopes)