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Galileo
Galilei 1564–1642

1
Eppur si muove.But it does move.
after his recantation, that the earth moves around the sun, in 1632

attributed; Baretti
Italian Library
(1757) is possibly the earliest appearance of the phrase

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Galsworthy, John
1867–1933

1
He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which, no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral.

In Chancery
(1920) pt. 1, ch. 13

2
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

Maid in Waiting
(1931) ch. 3

[Galsworthy]

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Galt, John
1779–1839

1
From the lone shieling of the misty island
Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas—
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland,
And we in dreams behold the Hebrides!

"Canadian Boat Song" translated from the Gaelic in
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine
September 1829, and later attributed to Galt

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Galton, Ray
1930– and
Simpson, Alan
1929–

1
I came in here in all good faith to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount [of blood], but a pint…why that's very nearly an armful.

Hancock's Half Hour
"The Blood Donor" (1961 television programme); words spoken by Tony Hancock

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Gandhi, Mahatma
1869–1948

1
Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

speech at Shahi Bag, 18 March 1922, on a charge of sedition

2
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

speech in Ahmadabad, 23 March 1922

[Gandhi]

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Garbo, Greta
(
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
) 1905–90