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title: "6 Earth Turning Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Listen to the sound of the earth turning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/listen-to-the-sound-of-the-earth-turning/)

[Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/)

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> [The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/the-relation-between-what-we-see-and-what-we-know-is-never-settled/)

[John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/)

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> [In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/in-my-studies-of-astronomy-and-philosophy-i-hold-this-opinion-about/)

[Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/)

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> [Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-p-adams/count-the-day-won-when-the-earth-turning-on-its-axis-imposes-no/)

[Franklin P. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-p-adams/)

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> [“And the earth itself still turning on its axis and revolving around that sun, the sun revolving around the luminous wheel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-lowry/and-the-earth-itself-still-turning-on-its-axis-and-revolving-around/)

[Malcolm Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-lowry/)

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> [“obviously it matters little if we think of the earth as turning about on its axis, or if we view it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-mach/obviously-it-matters-little-if-we-think-of-the-earth-as-turning-about/)

[Ernst Mach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-mach/)

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