The Theory of Everything

Jane Wilde: What about you? What are you?... Stephen Hawking: Cosmologist, I'm a Cosmologist. Jane Wilde: What is that? Stephen Hawking: It is a kind of religion for intelligent atheists. Jane Wilde: What do cosmologists worship? Stephen Hawking: A single unifying equation that explains everything in the universe.

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Jane Wilde: So, I take it you've never been to church? Stephen Hawking: Once upon a time. Jane Wilde: Tempted to convert? Stephen Hawking: I have a slight problem with the celestial dictatorship premise.

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Jane Wilde: Stephen... Stephen Hawking: You just missed him. He was here earlier. Jane Wilde: Don't do this. Stephen Hawking: Go. Jane Wilde: Croquet. Play a game with me. Stephen Hawking: Go. Jane Wilde: If you don't get up and play a game with me, I won't come back here again. Ever. Stephen Hawking: ... [gets up]

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Frank Hawking: I...don't think you realize what lies ahead, Jane. His life is going to be very short. So, be careful. The weight of science is against you, and this will not be a fight, Jane. This is going to be a very heavy defeat. For all of us. Jane Wilde: I know what you all think. That...that I don't look like a terribly strong person. But I love him, and he loves me. We're going to fight this illness together. All of us.

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Brian: Stephen, your 'motor-mouth' disease, does it affect, um... Stephen Hawking: What? Brian: [Gesturing towards his crotch] Uh, everything? Stephen Hawking: What? No. Different system. Automatic. Brian: Are you serious? Well that's pretty wonderful isn't it? Well it certainly explains a lot about men.

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Beryl Wilde: I'd like to make a suggestion. Might sound a bit unusual, but I have seen it work wonders. I think that you should consider joining the church choir. Jane Hawking: [chuckling] Mum, I think that's possibly the most English thing anyone has ever said.

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