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" When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore. "

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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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" 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. "

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

" Among physicists, I'm respected I hope. "

" I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space. "

" Perhaps one day I will go into space. "

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" My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand. "

" 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. "

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

" Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. "

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

" I believe things cannot make themselves impossible. "

" I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. "

" If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not. "

" If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way. "

" I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. "

" We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit. "

" We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe. "

" 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? "

" We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. "

" I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer. "

" 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. "

" Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. "

" The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy. "

" Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. "

" 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. "

" Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. "

" If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed. "

" I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective. "

" 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

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