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Guess I'm confusing expression with figure of speech.
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well, if I got real specific about it, I would say that a "figure of speech" would be some rhetoric-type thing, but if I was being less specific, I would say that expression = figure of speech.
there's no question in my mind that the story of the African bearers is a legend, urban or otherwise.
I still like the concept of "slowing down to wait for our soul to catch up" a lot.
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there's no question in my mind that the story of the African bearers is a legend, urban or otherwise. Or a couple of the bearers realized that saying "Listen, we're the ones that are carrying all the heavy stuff, how about a day off?" was unlikely to work.
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Ha, I've looked at it this way too for a couple of excuses. 
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