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Stephen Hawking


English
January 8, 1942
Physicist
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Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field.


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I have wondered about time all my life.


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People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.


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It is extremely important to me to write for children.


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If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.


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The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.


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The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.


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Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.


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Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.


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I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.


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Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.


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Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since.


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God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.


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Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.


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God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.


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I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.


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I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.


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I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.


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Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.


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Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
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No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.
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The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the sky.
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Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'
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Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.
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'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think 'The Simpsons' have treated my disability responsibly.
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I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.
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The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
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I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
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Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.
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The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it.
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In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.
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I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
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We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.
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We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in the universe. But we don't know the probability that a planet develops life.
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As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone.
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I don't have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.
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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
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