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> [The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-thing-about-words-is-that-meanings-can-twist-just-like-a-snake/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr-2/occasionally-in-life-there-are-those-moments-of-unutterable/)

[Martin Luther King Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr-2/)

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> [One writes to find words' meanings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-williams/one-writes-to-find-words-meanings/)

[Joy Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-williams/)

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> [“If you look up a word in the dictionary, you find it defined by a string of other words, the meanings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-menand/if-you-look-up-a-word-in-the-dictionary-you-find-it-defined-by-a/)

[Louis Menand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-menand/)

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> [It is important that we realize that words have meanings far beyond the dictionary definition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-levy/it-is-important-that-we-realize-that-words-have-meanings-far-beyond/)

[Dan Levy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-levy/)

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> [You know sometimes words have two meanings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/you-know-sometimes-words-have-two-meanings/)

[Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/)

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> [“... words are just words, but the meanings they carry, the way the world bends around them, that's what's complicated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-king/words-are-just-words-but-the-meanings-they-carry-the-way-the-world/)

[M. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-king/)

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> [“Everybody complains that politics separates words from their meanings, and this is part of the reason why. Words are useful, but often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barton-swaim/everybody-complains-that-politics-separates-words-from-their-meanings/)

[Barton Swaim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barton-swaim/)

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