One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

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Everybody is wanting to rip the family apart, how can you leave your kid in a hot car like that? That's not the case.

Chris Johnson

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everybody , wanting , rip , family , how

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The strategic adversary is fascism... The fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us.

Michel Foucault

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power

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We're in an age when everything's present tense. People don't know how to be still and surrender to the music.

Pete Hamill

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age , present , people

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'Election' - I just loved the script, and I loved having the part.

Matthew Broderick

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just , loved

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One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space.

Jasper Johns

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likes , think , changes

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Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff.

Agyness Deyn

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fashion , even , though

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By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.

Sheri L. Dew

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time , turned , social

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I believe I'm a unicorn. Unicorns are very magical and powerful and strong.

Justine Skye

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believe , very , magical

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As I was always the youngest, I had to fight for everything.

Xherdan Shaqiri

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always , had , fight

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In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

Shelley Duvall

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houston , everyone , owns

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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

Olympia Snowe

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leadership

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It would be very surprising if we received a signal now.

Stephan Ulamec

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very , surprising , received

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We're on our own on spaceship Earth. So we have to solve our own problems.

Sandra Faber

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our , own , spaceship

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If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.

Queen Latifah

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try , follow , everyone

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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

Sam Snead

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nobody , asked , how

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

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around , different , types

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

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while , using , energy

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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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bamboo , fast , growing

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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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tree , which , been

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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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bronze , metal , made

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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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metals , strong , useful

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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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very , high , melting

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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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good , conductor , heat

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

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room , mercury , only

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

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copper , good , conductor

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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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while , most , common

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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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One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

– Ben Okri –

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