I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.

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I always felt great about what I wrote for 'Newsies,' but 'Newsies' was a total flop.

Alan Menken

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Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich von Schiller

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against , stupidity , very , gods , themselves

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I think that most people are natural libertarians.

Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

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think , most , people

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I remember so clearly as a kid, my biggest problem in life was I used to never follow up on anything.

Farhan Akhtar

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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

Chinua Achebe

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You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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good

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I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.

Sheila Jackson Lee

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Strong brows give me character.

Diane Kruger

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strong , give , me

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I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes.

Jack Gleeson

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try , nice , difficult

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There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'

Walter O'Brien

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Many follow a rule of thumb - no more than 5% in one stock. But that's not the entrepreneurial road to riches.

Kenneth Fisher

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I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with.

Mary Badham

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Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.

Gioachino Rossini

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wagner , beautiful , moments

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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

Mary Wilson Little

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I've been told I have pretty big hands my whole life.

Jared Goff

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been , pretty , big

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Around 2000 different types of plants are used by humans to make food.

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While using energy from sunlight, plants turn carbon dioxide into food in a process called photosynthesis.

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Bamboo can be a fast growing plant, some types can grow almost a metre (3.28 feet) in just one day!

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Some plants are carnivores, gaining nutrients by eating various small insects and spiders. A well known example of a carnivorous plant is the Venus Flytrap.

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Tree resin which has been fossilized is known as amber, it sometimes contains plant material or small animals that were trapped inside.

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Bronze is a metal alloy made from copper and tin. Copper makes up the larger amount, usually between 80 to 95%.

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Metals are strong and are useful for making tools, buildings, bridges and other structures where strength is important.

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Tungsten has a very high melting point, after carbon it has the second highest melting point of all elements.

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Alkali metals such as sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium are extremely reactive elements, just putting them in water can result in an explosion! They are carefully stored in oil to prevent this happening.

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metals , extremely , reactive

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Aluminum is a good conductor of heat and is often used to make cooking pots.

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At room temperature, mercury is the only metal that is in liquid form.

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Copper is a good conductor of electricity and is often used for making wires.

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While aluminum is the most common metal found in the Earth's crust, the most common metal found on Earth is iron, mostly because it makes up such a large part of the Earth's core.

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The chemical symbol used for silver is Ag, this comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum.

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Gold is shiny and doesn't corrode, this means it is a great metal for making jewelry.

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I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.

– Tommy Lee Jones –

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