Hillary Clinton says when life’s tough, ‘keep going’. I’m not so sure | Emma Brockes
by Emma Brockes from on (#4RR6M)
We can't solve all life's problems with a motivational mantra. Sometimes it seems like a misguided use of energy
At the theatre on Saturday night, I watched Diana Nyad, the long-distance swimmer, ignite an audience for over an hour. She recounted her record-breaking 111-mile swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of 64 after several failed attempts, and in the face of killer sharks, deadly jellyfish and huge waves. It was like listening to a one-woman version of the Iliad, an almost too perfect literalisation of inspirational metaphor. The subtitle of the show was "never, ever give up", a well-worn sentiment that in Nyad's hands was made thrillingly new.
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