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" Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do. "
Stephen Hawking
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" Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has had it. But I would be in favour of abortion if there was a high risk. "
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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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" Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since. "
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" There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. "
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" People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. "
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" It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. "
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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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" The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities. "
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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'm an atheist. "
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" If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form. "
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" I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. "
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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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" Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. "
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" I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived. "
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" The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy. "
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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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" 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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" My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand. "
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" It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. "
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" I think the discovery of supersymmetric partners for the known particles would revolutionize our understanding of the universe. "
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" However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. "
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" There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world. "
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" No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius. "
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" I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees. "
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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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" 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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" There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions. "
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" God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. "
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