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" All my adult life people have been helping me. "
Stephen Hawking
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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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" Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. "
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" I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so. "
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" Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow like a hot body, it would be very difficult to verify experimentally because the temperature of a macroscopic black hole is so low. "
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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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" Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. "
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" Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus. "
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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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" I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away. "
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" Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of. "
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" There is nothing bigger or older than the universe. "
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" The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities. "
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" God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. "
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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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" Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics. "
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" There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity. "
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" Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. "
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" I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. "
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" Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. "
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" There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature. "
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" I'm an atheist. "
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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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" Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits. "
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