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Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of. Stephen Hawking
Life War Thought Other Virus Earth Dangers Out Risk Wiped Genetically Disaster Global Being Engineered Sudden Nuclear Nuclear War
There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. Stephen Hawking
Intelligence Will Add Danger Direct Rather Take Computers Develop Over Real Opposition Brain Than Human Urgently Human Intelligence Connections Need
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. Stephen Hawking
Work Alone Challenge Alien Thinking Out About Rational Perfectly Like Make Real Mathematical Brain Might Work Out Actually Numbers
I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. Stephen Hawking
Nothing Universe Something Know Greater Exists Than Want Why
Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. Terry Pratchett
Darkness Better Sometimes Light Than Curse
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes
Life Nature Man Liberty Will Power Own Say Hath He Himself His Use Each Each Man Right Preservation
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. Thomas Paine
Faith Better Tyranny Defence He Real George Than Title Against Reason Rebel Rebels Third Defender
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. Thomas Paine
Government Best Blessing Evil Stage Every Society State Intolerable Worst Even Necessary Necessary Evil
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. Thomas Paine
Truth Nature Liberty Wants Ask Appearing
That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. Thomas Paine
God Bible Lie Argument Proof Priests Advantage Because Does Cannot Your
Time makes more converts than reason. Thomas Paine
Time More Makes Than Converts Reason
'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' W. H. Auden
Art Nature Me Science Healing Papa Tell Would Intuitive Wooing
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. William Blake
Noise Joy Stream Our Air Laugh Laughing Laughs Runs Voice Merry Wit Hill Does Green Woods
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. William Blake
Truth Those Tell Know Sake Convincing Who Defending
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. William Blake
Enemy Become Always Sinister Friend Person Trying Means Your Start
What is now proved was once only imagined. William Blake
Imagination Once Only Proved Now Imagined
He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. William Law
Life Happy Happy Life Secret He Learned Greatest Pray Holy Who
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. William Penn
Wise Marriage Money Wife Mind Beauty Before Virtue Thou Self Friend Person Prefer Then Body Companion Second
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. William Shakespeare
Work God Man Angel Action Apprehension Admirable Faculties Noble Like Piece How Infinite Form Moving Reason Express
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me. William Shakespeare
Time Me You Speak Will Say Seeds Look Unto Grain Which Then Grow
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds. William Shakespeare
Love Love Is Finds Alteration
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. William Shakespeare
Lies Wears Crown Head Uneasy
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. William Shakespeare
Me Immortal Give Give Me Crown Put Robe
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know. William Shakespeare
You Heart Bosom Knock Know Go Doth Ask Your
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. William Shakespeare
Wise Doubt Beacon Modest
Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games. Zayn Malik
Me Mind Black Black And White White Everything Like Very Really Games Playing
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