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" The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. "

Stephen Hawking

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" The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe. "

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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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" Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics. "

Stephen Hawking

" I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. "

Stephen Hawking

" The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. "

Stephen Hawking

" It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. "

Stephen Hawking

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

Stephen Hawking

" 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. "

Stephen Hawking

" Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. "

Stephen Hawking

" The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it. "

Stephen Hawking

" 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? "

Stephen Hawking

" 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. "

Stephen Hawking

" My wife and I love each other very much. "

Stephen Hawking

" What was God doing before the divine creation? "

Stephen Hawking

" 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. "

Stephen Hawking

" M-theory is the unified theory Einstein was hoping to find. "

Stephen Hawking

" I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein.' "

Stephen Hawking

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

Stephen Hawking

" There is no unique picture of reality. "

Stephen Hawking

" Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. "

Stephen Hawking

" I believe things cannot make themselves impossible. "

Stephen Hawking

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

Stephen Hawking

" I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived. "

Stephen Hawking

" Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? "

Stephen Hawking

" It is extremely important to me to write for children. "

Stephen Hawking

" Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field. "

Stephen Hawking

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

Stephen Hawking

" Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field. "

Stephen Hawking

" There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. "

Stephen Hawking

" 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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