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“I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ae3590197bb2ed52b5c166283a700a1e606c87e20a9821cfb28a65719cf8e857
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