This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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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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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 tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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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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