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" Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. "

Stephen Hawking

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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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" The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy. "

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

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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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" 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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" With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. "

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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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" I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations. "

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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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" Nothing cannot exist forever. "

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

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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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" What I'd really like to control is not machines, but people. "

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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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" 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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" I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves. "

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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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" The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy. "

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

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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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" 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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" Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. "

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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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" I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality. "

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