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Many of the sayings on this list pay homage to the show-stopping colors and scents of flowers, like these words from novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch: "People from a planet without flowers ...
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A large collection of sketches and studies for Parrots are included in the major Lear art collection held at the Harvard University Houghton Library. [55] In 2018, a copy of Parrots was sold at auction by Bonhams for £90,000, [56] and in 2020 another copy was listed by Christie's with a guide price of £40,000–60,000, and fetched £60,000. [29]
Parrots have featured in human writings, story, art, humor, religion, and music for thousands of years, such as Aesop's fable "The parrot and the cat", [127] the mention "The parrot can speak, and yet is nothing more than a bird" in The Book of Rites of Ancient China, [128] the Masnavi by Rumi of Persia in 1250 "The Merchant and the Parrot". [129]
Use one of these short and inspirational flower quotes for Instagram, Facebook or to simply celebrate the beauty of sunflowers, roses and nature's other blooms. 50 flower quotes that spread a ...
José "Zé" Carioca (/ ʒ oʊ ˈ z eɪ k ær i ˈ oʊ k ə /; Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ kaˈɾjɔkɐ]) is a cartoon anthropomorphic parrot created by the Brazilian cartoonist José Carlos de Brito (J. Carlos) and shown to Walt Disney on his trip to Rio de Janeiro in 1941.
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Alex (May 18, 1976 – September 6, 2007) [1] was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University.