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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. "
Stephen Hawking
Small
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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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" Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion. "
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" The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the sky. "
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" According to 'M' theory, ours is not the only universe. Instead, 'M' theory predicts that a great many universes were created out of nothing. "
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" 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. "
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" Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. "
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" While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women. "
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" If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens. "
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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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" One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. "
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" No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before. "
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" The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph. "
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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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" However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. "
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Succeed
Always
" My wife and I love each other very much. "
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Very
" 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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People
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" A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality? "
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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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" Exploration by real people inspires us. "
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" I'm an atheist. "
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" Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. "
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Purpose
Life
" 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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Us
" 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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" For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have begun with a singularity, if Einstein's general theory of relativity is correct. That appeared to indicate that science could not predict how the universe would begin. "
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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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" It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time. "
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Way
" I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found. "
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Had
Michigan