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«The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp»
«Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.»
Author: Marlene Dietrich
(Actress)
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accusingly, bird of, bird of prey, chair, Edge of, exit, exits, Good Time, papers, perch, perched, perches, prey, suspecting, the edge, tiptoe, tiptoed, uncomfortable
«I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of paradise or a deer. So a man of such faith, looking at animals, might be looking at old friends or ancestors.»
Author: William Orville Douglas
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bird of, bird of paradise, deer, eastern, horseflies, horsefly, reincarnation, somewhat
«In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; / They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.»
«I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharking and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respecta»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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bald, bald eagle, bird of, eagle, lousy, moral character, representative, sharking, sharks, turkey
«The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey»
«Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter»
«If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.»
Author: Douglas Adams
(Writer)
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Anatidae, aquatic, aquatic bird, at least, bird, bird of, consider, duck, ducked, ducking, family, family Anatidae, hands, looks, possibility, quack, quacks, The Family
«A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.»
«Some say that ever 'gainst the season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor wi»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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abroad, bird of, celebrated, dawning, fairy, nights, planets, saviour, The Bird, wherein, wholesome
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