I Was Interested In Telescopes And The Way They Worked Because I Had An Intense Desire To See What Things Looked Like, So I Learned How To Use Telescopes And Find Things In The Sky. - SearchQuotes

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I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telescopes and find things in the sky.

Clyde Tombaugh

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