![IMAGE: I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street. [I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/london-600921_640.jpg)
I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street. [I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.] - Stephen (William) Hawking (1942 - 2018)
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全てが運命づけられており、何も変えることはできないと主張する人々でさえ、やはり左右をよく見てから通りを横切ることに私は気づいている。 - スティーヴン［スティーブン］（・ウィリアム）・ホーキング (1942 - 2018)
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Beauty is but skin deep. [Beauty is only skin-deep.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/eye-1173863_640_skin-3358873_640-100x75.jpg)