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Stephen Hawking
Related I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concen... CHARLIE BEWLEY Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' Bu... OSCAR PISTORIUS My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on i... JACKIE SPEIER We've been keeping an eye on it by having the test done, and that's ... allowed us to catch it so ea... CRAIG RAMSAY ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has AL... STEVE GLEASON When I sit down to begin penciling a page, most of the hard work for me is done. I can concentrate s... RAINA TELGEMEIER I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so ... BEBE NEUWIRTH I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to wri... AARON NEVILLE Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to ... EDDIE REDMAYNE I think it's very helpful having Twitter and all that. I mainly talk about work on Twitter. I ke... TAYLOR SPREITLER Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-t... NATHAN MYHRVOLD I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindere... DAVID BECKHAM My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now. ANGELIQUE KERBER I think it helps to have a good old-fashioned trajectory, plodding along. Obviously one has an ego a... ANNE-MARIE DUFF Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in ... KEVIN HART I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I ... MADONNA CICCONE The problem with the treadmill is I just don't know what to do in my head. You either stare at t... JAMIE BAMBER My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't preve... STEPHEN HAWKING My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset. JACK NICKLAUS I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say. NINA CONTI Picking my topics is sort of a process of elimination for me. Most things don't work for me. I l... MARY ROACH You can be someone's friend and have sex with them. The trick is you have to want their emotional an... LAURELL K. HAMILTON I don't set out to be connected. My business has allowed me to meet lots of interesting people, ... BEN ELLIOT Diet cola is my absolute favorite drink in the world; I used to drink four cans a day. But to help m... KALEY CUOCO I dress in my 'uniform,' or my own dress code, which reflects my personal method and work et... GIORGIO ARMANI I have a backyard (where) my kids can play. They are not allowed on the side or front of my house wi... CARA SCHLUSSEL It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and d... DAVID CASSIDY Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, ... ROBIN WILLIAMS You can't play having a mental disability. You have to play whatever that person's truth is ... RACHEL KELLER Everyone has in their mind a picture of someone with a disability, and it comes from past experience... JANE COLLINS Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other t... NANCY FARMER I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound. GREG MADDUX I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child. CARICE VAN HOUTEN I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life. FRANK STELLA I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing... KATIE MCGRATH In 2002, a Scottish journalist, during a dinner meant to be private, absolutely wanted me to react t... PETER HIGGS You can't be a professor without having been a student. You can't be a consultant without ha... NIRMALYA KUMAR God has blessed me with an amazing family, friends and work colleagues that have been my joy, my sup... JOSIE LOREN When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always co... MAHESH BABU It helped out my vision. It has helped out making reads that I have to make on the court and where o... JOE CHAPMAN Being called a 'music legend' is a very funny thing. It's nice to know that my work has ... CHRIS SQUIRE My view on Democrats is that they're fascists disguised as liberals, or liberal moderates. You... GLENN DANZIG It could be hectic sometimes when you're being an artist and running a label at the same time. B... MISSY ELLIOTT When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hy... DAN O'BRIEN Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels. NATALIE MASSENET You don't know what in reality has happen...!? DEYTH BANGER I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that... MICHAEL HEIZER The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iP... GRANT ACHATZ School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn. Ma... LEONARDO DICAPRIO I can't point to a single person or incident that changed my life, but the recognition that ther... SHARI ARISON I like to see the world from different levels. Even when I'm making a candle or designing a piec... TWINKLE KHANNA It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me in... PAULINE HANSON Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the mo... ETHEL WATERS If you taught me to read and provided for me the same computer system as someone has provided for St... GARTH STEIN I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life. DANA DELANY My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animat... GORE VERBINSKI Worst part of being a writer: having to tell my toddler that I can't play with her because I'... CHELSEA CAIN I never thought I would become amazing. I never thought I would be as great as my father. I would li... LUCY HAWKING Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let th... FRANK ROBINSON My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts... BOB MARLEY I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace becau... JUDE LAW Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others have stated that they think AI is an existential risk. I disa... RAMEZ NAAM My dedication to my music has driven everyone away. I've had girlfriends, but I always end up on... ERIC CLAPTON I focus on making sure I'm sharp, and it doesn't matter who I am fighting. I need to perform... ROBBIE LAWLER The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has prop... RANDY SCHEKMAN I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for ... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON You can't really fake chemistry: either you have it or you don't, and you can't have a r... STERLING K. BROWN I've worked on my game, and I don't think it has any holes, no weaknesses. I say that with h... EZEKIEL ELLIOTT James Dean has never been one of my guys. I don't want to be him. I will take boring anytime. I ... JAMES MARSDEN It has been difficult to get back on the saddle, particularly after getting whiplash and concussion,... LIZZIE ARMITSTEAD I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit aro... EVA MARIE SAINT My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that... ALEX TREBEK I firmly believe in what Stephen Hawking says - that if we don't get off this planet, we're ... JOLENE BLALOCK Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed. KIM CATTRALL It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my r... EMINEM I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no ... MAHATMA GANDHI I'm a neurotic Jew who doesn't want loans. I can't even carry a balance on my credit car... DUFF GOLDMAN It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much informatio... ANNE WOJCICKI It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my l... TOM CRUISE I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep ... DANNY MASTERSON My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you pro... MAGGIE Q What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too ... JONATHAN DAVIS I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It'... GARETH GATES I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without reali... JEAN COCTEAU Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees c... DAVID OGILVY My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a... DAVID ORTIZ Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.'... ERIC DAVIS I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I wil... SARAH JESSICA PARKER I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read allowed the po... RICHARD DAWKINS I love my life. I can't believe I work in New York and Paris. That I work for Louis Vuitton. Tha... MARC JACOBS I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody ... BLAC CHYNA What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take ... LONI LOVE The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and a... RON WHITE I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but ... BELLA THORNE I can't live without my dark plum eyeliner. I use liquid because it's easier on my eyes. HEATHER MORRIS I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture som... NOAM CHOMSKY My profession has helped me to grow up. ZIYI ZHANG I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's fee... JUSTIN HAYWARD If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me - I will not just going to sit at my d... BARBARA EHRENREICH
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