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I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
— Woody Allen
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A wry, self-deprecating joke about mortality that sidesteps deep philosophical dread in favor of a lighter complaint. Rather than fearing the concept of death broadly, the speaker jokes about simply not wanting to be present for the actual unpleasant moment, turning existential anxiety into comic understatement.
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