Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious.
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
The birds never needed passports... We always thought, the birds can go wherever they want, and we couldn't, really. The birds were very much the symbol of... free movement for me.
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