[Ads-l] another "reversal"

[Dave Wilton]

He could be a masochist.


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
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Subject: another "reversal"

In the film "Unbroken" (and don't bother), Louie is advised by his elder brother, who's training him as a distance runner,

"A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”

Unless I'm crazy, he means exactly the reverse.


JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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