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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. "
Stephen Hawking
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" Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others. "
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" If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist. "
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" In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians. "
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" I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. "
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" If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way. "
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" I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair. "
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" Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. "
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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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" Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. "
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" Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions. "
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" The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? "
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" No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius. "
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" What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people. "
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" I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. "
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" Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. "
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" Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities... space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe. "
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" I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service in Great Britain would have killed me off, were I a British citizen. I felt compelled to make a statement to explain the error. "
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" Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. "
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" It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark. "
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" If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not. "
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" Some people would claim that things like love, joy and beauty belong to a different category from science and can't be described in scientific terms, but I think they can now be explained by the theory of evolution. "
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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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