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Clyde Tombaugh

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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Clyde Tombaugh is saying that he never felt envy toward others because he believed achievements should come from one's own efforts. He thought that if he couldn't accomplish something on his own, then he wasn't entitled to have it.

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