[Python] Check if any value in a Polars DataFrame is True

This is quite a simple ask but I can't seem to find any clear simplistic solution to this, feels like I'm missing something.

Let's say I have a DataFrame of type

df = pl.from_repr("""
┌───────┬───────┬───────┐
│ a ┆ b ┆ c │
│ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │
│ bool ┆ bool ┆ bool │
╞═══════╪═══════╪═══════╡
│ false ┆ true ┆ false │
│ false ┆ false ┆ false │
│ false ┆ false ┆ false │
└───────┴───────┴───────┘
""")


How do I do a simple check if any of the values in the DataFrame is True? Some solutions I have found is

selection = df.select(pl.all().any(ignore_nulls=True))


or

selection = df.filter(pl.any_horizontal())


and then check in that row

any(selection.row(0))


Is just seems like so many steps for a single check

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