- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bird Quotes
Most Famous Bird Quotes of All Time!
One quote marvels at the owl's unusual, almost human-like facial disc, unlike any other bird, while another turns boredom into a striking image of a bird hatching the egg of experience. Explore more in Beauty quotes.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I meet someone new, I always extend a hand and say, 'Hi I'm Lana Condor... Condor like the ugly endangered bird.' I like to see how people react to that and if they laugh and, indeed, know what a condor is... chances are we're going to get along just fine!
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.'
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the smallest man in show business, and I've got the smallest bird in Britain nesting in my garden.
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
So what did influence 'Bird Box?' Well, I've had a crush on Medusa since about 1985. Maybe the book is an ode to her.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never actually sought out an agent or a publishing house. A friend of mine named David Simmer got wind of what I was doing, and he sent one of my books to a literary lawyer in Los Angeles. He loved it, and he sent it to other people, including an agent, and he picked me up, and that's how 'Bird Box' got to where it is now.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
- Plate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Few things grace a plate as dramatically as a whole plucked upland bird, however it's cooked.
A lighter line simply praises Argentina's reputation among hunting grounds, rounding out a mix of wonder and wit about winged creatures. See more in Flight quotes and Freedom quotes.