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

Stephen Hawking

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" In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these are not enough to account for the small numbers of women, particularly in mathematics and physics. "

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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'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. "

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

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" Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions. "

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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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" Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson's and motor neuron disease from which I and many others suffer. The fact that the cells may come from embryos is not an objection, because the embryos are going to die anyway. "

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

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" To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like. "

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" I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. "

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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 can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees. "

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" 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. "

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" However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. "

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

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

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" It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark. "

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

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" Exploration by real people inspires us. "

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

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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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" To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. "

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

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" I want my books sold on airport bookstalls. "

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

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" We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. "

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" It's a pity that nobody has found an exploding black hole. If they had, I would have won a Nobel prize. "

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