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" Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since. "

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" When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have. "

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" There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. "

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" Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field. "

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

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" 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. "

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" One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance. "

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" It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. "

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" Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. "

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" Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - which seems unlikely, now, from the latest data showing accelerating expansion. Consciousness would come to an end at a singularity. "

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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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" 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 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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