Who is wise? he that learns from everyone. who is powerful? he that governs his passions. who is rich? he that is content. who is that? nobody.

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I talk about economic freedom. I talk about capitalism without fearing the word.

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Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.

Lytton Strachey

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unlike , majority , writers

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For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Michel Patini

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Drama is easy. Comedy's hard.

Peter Bogdanovich

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I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

Sydney Pollack

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The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

Ken Burns

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We are a mixed marriage, so our kids were raised with a little less Judaism than I was raised with.

Brian L. Roberts

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You got good and bad people everywhere.

Suge Knight

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There was a line that was crossed.

Neil Page

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But now I'm getting that spiritual motivation to visit Africa.

Dennis Brown

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I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

Nicki Minaj

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The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

John Cornyn

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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.

Samuel E. Morison

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There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Henry Ford

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Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Delia Smith

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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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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

– Benjamin Franklin –

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