The importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.
NEIL ARMSTRONGEvery flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, you would see some different things each time, but the scene would be generally the same.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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