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.
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Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.
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That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.
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Well I realized it more later and then I felt a little bit more proud of myself that I had done better than I thought I was doing.
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