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I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, "It made me want to be a farmer."

— June Lockhart

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Source: On having astronauts and scientists tell her watching Lost in Space inspired their careers at NASA, in "June Lockhart Recalls Lassie, Lost in Space", NPR (27 April 2004)
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