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The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗
The contributor to the programme I remember with the most pleasure is the man who said that not existing for thousands and thousands of years before his birth had never worried him for a moment, so why should going back into non-existence at this death cause him dismay? Everyone laughed when he said that and so did I, and as I laughed I thought: “Dead right!”
And yet I can’t tell you, for no one can prove what happens on the other side. It’s like anybody’s guess until it happens. You can say, I believe this would happen, but you can’t prove it.
I would like to believe that you reunite with the people you love the most.
Twenty-one grams of energy goes into the universe.
An air traffic controller.
That fear and excitement sometimes feel quite similar and you can misinterpret one for the other.
Watching the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [about a gamer who died at 25 of a degenerative muscular disease]. I bawled.
I don’t think you could print it, it’s so bad.
Perfectionism that leads to procrastination.
Happy Day by Sarkodie. I’m half Ghanaian, and in Ghana funerals really are a celebration of life. You dance and sing; it’s just a completely different vibe to over here in the UK. I would hope at my funeral that everyone’s on their feet, having a good time.
Marina Abramović, Marcus Mumford, Meghann Fahy, Bear Grylls, Richard Schiff, Hugh Grant
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