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Words are amazing! I once spent two hours at a Broadcast Educators' Association Convention where we spent two hours debating the meaning of the word "audience." When I thought about it, I realized that many of my fellow associates had already spent weeks and, in some cases, months debating that very word. "Audience" is an important word for writers, speakers, broadcasters, etc.. Can you imagine if we spent two hours debating every single word? Whew!

"By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life." - Jean Baptiste Girard

"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind." - Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

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//When Words Fail// from __Shrek the Musical__ (Broadway) I picked this flower Right over there Is where it grew And I don’t really like it But it made me think of you Because it’s pretty Is what I’m trying to say And you are also pretty But I like you anyway

So please accept this flower With its petals and a stem Which represent my feelings And tells you how.. (spoken) Oh man I’m in trouble

When words fail What will I do? When words fail How will she know how I feel? When words fail Will I fail too?

Hello fair princess Oh look the moon Is out tonight You remind me of that moon Because it’s big and bright And by big I don’t mean chubby Obviously you’re not fat But your personality is biggish Is what I meant by that

Sorry ‘bout that fat thing, I’m on the hefty side myself I have to blame the gene pool Which reminds me of… Oh where I am going with this

When words fail What will I do? When words fail How will she know how I feel? When words fail Will I fail too?

Do I have a snowball’s chance? Are my prospects just too grim? I spent my life stuck in the mud Now I’m crawling out on a limb

If words fail She’ll know what I mean If words fail She’ll just take my hand She sees me like no one else has If words fail She’ll understand She’ll understand