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title: "7 Earth Moved Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Earth Moved quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Earth Moved sayings and thoughts."
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> [If the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-aquinas/if-the-motion-of-the-earth-were-circular-it-would-be-violent-and/)

[Thomas Aquinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-aquinas/)

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> [I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolaus-copernicus/i-therefore-took-this-opportunity-and-also-began-to-consider-the/)

[Nicolaus Copernicus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolaus-copernicus/)

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> [“I'll never forget my first time with you. The earth moved, and then mom asked dad who he was going down on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-crusie/i-ll-never-forget-my-first-time-with-you-the-earth-moved-and-then-mom/)

[Jennifer Crusie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-crusie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/jennifer-crusie-2092_dad_i-ll-never-forget-my-first-time-with-you_1416115.png)

> [The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-earth-is-moved-from-its-position-by-the-weight-of-a-tiny-bird/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

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> [“Sitting in the study hall he opened the lid of his desk and changed the number pasted up inside from seventy-seven to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/sitting-in-the-study-hall-he-opened-the-lid-of-his-desk-and-changed/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [He regarded the world-objects right in front of his face-as if from a great distance. For when he moved on the earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-coplin/he-regarded-the-world-objects-right-in-front-of-his-face-as-if-from-a/)

[Amanda Coplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-coplin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/amanda-coplin-25276_bird_he-regarded-the-world-objects-right-in-f_3042041.jpg)

> [Spring, which germinated in the earth, moved also with a strange restlessness, in the hearts of... women. As the weeks passed, inextinguishable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-glasgow/spring-which-germinated-in-the-earth-moved-also-with-a-strange/)

[Ellen Glasgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-glasgow/)

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