#verse

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. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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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. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#complete understanding #exists #goal #simple #understanding

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

#describe #equations #even #fire #into

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

#approach #bother #cannot #constructing #describe

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. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#although #beautiful #beauty #contain #give

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. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#basic #believe #broad #desire #everyone

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

— Stephen Hawking

#ever #expand #expanding #forever #getting

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#created #different #different kinds #kinds #many

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#directly #equations #governed #science #solve

My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands. ↗

— Robin Hayes

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