For one whose heart melts with compassion for all creatures; what is the necessity of knowledge, liberation, matted hair on the head, and smearing the body with ashes.

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If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity.

Maria Semple

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I can't imagine David Lean justifying why he went to the desert to shoot 'Lawrence of Arabia.'

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

Magic Johnson

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My perspective on life in general has definitely changed. Having a child did that for sure.

Adam Gontier

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At Year Up, we have helped thousands of students rise from poverty into a professional career in a single year.

Gerald Chertavian

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I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.

Gwendoline Christie

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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx

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He needs to answer the letter and give the nation some information about what's going on here.

Lindsay Graham

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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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look , think

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It's clear that some people don't like this pope ... But the pope is in good shape and the attempt will be in vain.

Walter Kasper

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The diocese will be present to the needs of all those serving as witnesses to this violent and traumatic event.

Teresa Dominguez

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Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.

Usain Bolt

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Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

George Bernard Shaw

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I want to make sure he knows that it is there.

Matt Fairchild

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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

Angela Davis

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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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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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– Chanakya Neeti - Fifteenth Chapter –

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