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>I realized how little I care
That reminds me of this anecdote. Popular singer Eddie Fisher (Carrie Fisher's father) appearing on This is Show Business, told panelist George S. Kaufman that women refused to date him because he looked so young. This was Kaufman's response:

>Mr. Fisher, on Mount Wilson there is a telescope that can magnify the most distant stars to twenty-four times the magnification of any previous telescope. This remarkable instrument was unsurpassed in the world of astronomy until the development and construction of the Mount Palomar telescope.
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>The Mount Palomar telescope is an even more remarkable instrument of magnification. Owing to advances and improvements in optical technology, it is capable of magnifying the stars to four times the magnification and resolution of the Mount Wilson telescope.
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>Mr. Fisher, if you could somehow put the Mount Wilson telescope inside the Mount Palomar telescope, you still wouldn’t be able to see my interest in your problem.

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