![The observations, so numerous and so important, of the pendulum as object are especially relevant to the length of its oscillations. Those that I propose to make known to the [Paris] Academy [of Sciences] are principally addressed to the direction of the plane of its oscillation, which, moving gradually from east to west, provides evidence to the senses of the diurnal movement of the terrestrial globe.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-observations-so-numerous-and-so-important-of-the-pendulum-as-object-are-esp.jpg)
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moving winning mountain
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moving grief thinking
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moving quickly structural
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moving hero glasses
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moving done may
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moving play effort
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moving emotional mind
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paris giving addresses
Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?...Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London....You can’t give me the addresses. Nor in Paris. Alain Ducasse
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Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to do now? I'll go to Paris!' Craig Ferguson
paris eulogy liberation
I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris. Coco Chanel
paris imagine phenomenon
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I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A. Edward Ruscha
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At the end of the day what seems to be going on here is that Paris is the only victim, ... She's going to be stuck with the tab of repairing that car. Paris Hilton
paris
...the bewildering beauty of Paris... Allen Ginsberg
paris towns resentment
Paris was sad. One of the saddest towns: weary of its now-mechanical sensuality, weary of the tension of money, money, money, weary even of resentment and conceit, just weary to death, and still not sufficiently Americanized or Londonized to hide the weariness under a mechanical jig-jig-jig! D. H. Lawrence
important elements response
Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response. Archie Shepp
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The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.
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important ethics
Ethics to me is very important. Al-Waleed bin Talal
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important serious forgotten
What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all. Anton Chekhov
important truthful paychecks
I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me. Bela Lugosi
important bombs bikinis
The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb. Diana Vreeland
important tiny small-business
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