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I may know the word
but not say it.
—Natalie Merchant
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Words, words, words…
—Dave Matthews
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Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you.
—KushandWizdom
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Raise your words, not your voice.
It is rain that grows flowers,
not thunder.
—Rumi
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All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Speech is my hammer
Bang the world into shape
Now let it fall
—Mos Def
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Word, life
Word, life
—O.C.
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Your words keep me alive.
—Sarah McLachlan
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Omnia melius latine sonat.
—Sine nomine
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Poem: Sleeping with the Dictionary
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