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" I want my books sold on airport bookstalls. "

Stephen Hawking

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" When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore. "

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" In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these are not enough to account for the small numbers of women, particularly in mathematics and physics. "

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" There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. "

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" Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. "

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" My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part. "

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" 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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" Many people find the universe confusing - it's not. "

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" Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field. "

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

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" Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. "

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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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" I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. "

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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 am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer. "

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" Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible. "

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" I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. "

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

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" It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years. "

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" Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. "

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" A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel. "

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" God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. "

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" We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit. "

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

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" We live in a bewildering world. "

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" I have wondered about time all my life. "

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" I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth. "

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" I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe. "

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