“It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”

—  Stephen Hawking

As quoted in "Return of the time lord" in The Guardian (27 September 2005)

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British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author 1942–2018

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