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" The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line. "

Stephen Hawking

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" I believe things cannot make themselves impossible. "

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" We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. "

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

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" So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end: it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator? "

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" I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. "

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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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" As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of complicated models that I could control. "

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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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" Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. "

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" The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing? "

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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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" Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world. "

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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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" 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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" If we want to travel into the future, we just need to go fast. Really fast. And I think the only way we're ever likely to do that is by going into space. "

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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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" Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of. "

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" I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming. "

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" I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me. "

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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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" Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. "

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

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" Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. "

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

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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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" All my adult life people have been helping me. "

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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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" 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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