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I Don't Have Much Positive To Say About Motor Neuron Disease, But It Taught Me Not To Pity Myself Because Others Were Worse Off, And To Get On With What I Still Could Do. I'm Happier Now Than Before I Developed The Condition.

-Stephen Hawking

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I Don't Have Much Positive To Say About Motor Neuron Disease, But It Taught Me Not To Pity Myself Because Others Were Worse Off, And To Get On With What I Still Could Do. I'm Happier Now Than Before I Developed The Condition.

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