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" Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. "
Stephen Hawking
Survival
Humor
Sense Of Humor
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" I'm never any good in the morning. It is only after four in the afternoon that I get going. "
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" Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair. "
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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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" It is extremely important to me to write for children. "
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" Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin. "
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" Gags die, humor doesn't. "
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" A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. "
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" Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. "
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" I am often the brunt of my own humor. "
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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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" I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person. "
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" God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. "
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" If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. "
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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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" Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big enough for a human or even a spaceship to enter. "
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" We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. "
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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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" I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time. "
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" The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it. "
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" Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. "
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" God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God. "
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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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" Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus. "
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