Curiosity

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Stephen Hawking:
Hello. My name is Stephen Hawking - physicist, cosmologist, and something of a dreamer. Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.

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Stephen Hawking:
We are each free to believe what we want. And it's my view that the simplest explanation is: There is no God. No one created the universe, and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven and no afterlife, either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe. And for that, I am extremely grateful.

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Martin Sheen:
Over billions of years, the land that was to become the USA was endowed with greater geological riches than any other nation on earth. It's taken centuries of invention, industry, and skill for us to dig, blast, and tease those resources, what lies beneath America, out of the ground. Nature's raw power, and the courage of the American people, have been the unstoppable forces that made us the rich and powerful nation we are today.

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Morgan Freeman:
Earth - a place we all know. But, this is an earth where dinosaurs terrorize mankind, or it could be another earth where Russia won the moon race, or another earth that could annihilate our own in the blink of an eye. Beyond the faintest star, at the bottom of a black hole, or hidden in higher dimensions, groundbreaking science now suggests there might be more than one version of reality. Are there parallel universes?

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Morgan Freeman:
The word universe is supposed to mean everything that exists. Today, we're almost certain that our universe is not all there is. There really could be parallel earths, parallel yous, and parallel mes. It's hard not to wonder what our alter egos might be like, whether they're living out our most cherished dreams. But, don't forget this possibility: You could already be living the dream of another you from a parallel universe.

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Bill Paxton:
Behind the romance, the history, and the tragedy, lies one of the great unanswered questions of the last 100 years: Exactly how does a ship, that's thought to be unsinkable, drown on her maiden voyage?