Discovery Quote by Ann Druyan

“People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth.” quote by Ann Druyan — Download Open image

“People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth.”

Ann Druyan

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