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

Stephen Hawking

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" We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. "

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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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" Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion. "

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" In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy. "

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" We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat. In fact, a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours. I was away with my mother and sister at the time, but my father was in the house. "

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" As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone. "

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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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" 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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" Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. "

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" In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, and the least bright did biology. I wanted to do math and physics, but my father made me do chemistry because he thought there would be no jobs for mathematicians. "

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" Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field. "

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" If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. "

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" Theology is unnecessary. "

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" I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America. "

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" Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. "

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" Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries. "

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" Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. "

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" My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically. "

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" I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. "

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" There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people. "

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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 am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair. "

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" In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind. "

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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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