Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

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Wonder Desire Understand Mystery

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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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Believe Mind Human Heartbeat

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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

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Century End Achieve Substantial

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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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Recognize Daily work Ledger Firework

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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

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Elated Ecstatic Surprised Successful

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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

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Society Research Investigate Understand

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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.

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Chosen First Flight Circumstances

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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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Overconfident Think Bite Snap

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I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

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Surprise Dream Honesty Moon

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That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

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Giant Leap Man Mankind

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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

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Ad Came Earth First

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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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Because Being Challenges Deep

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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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Blotted Blue Earth Eye

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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

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Blotted Earth Out Planet

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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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Base Eagle Here Houston

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As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.

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About Because Been Born

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Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

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Remember Rocks Saying

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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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Being Bird Closest Come

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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.

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Flying Joy Like Pilots

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Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

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Far Little Mastered Much

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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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Achievement Apollo Chained Demonstrating

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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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Amount Enormous Lot MyTime

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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

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About Anyone Could Dedicated

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If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.

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Believe IBelieve IBelieveThat Part

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I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

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Actually Astronaut Attractions Being

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I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer.

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Am Engineer Ever IAm

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Conspiracy Love People Theories

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"27 Neil Armstrong Quotes & Sayings

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Neil Armstrong

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

Neil Armstrong

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

Neil Armstrong

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

Neil Armstrong

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

Neil Armstrong

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Neil Armstrong

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.

Neil Armstrong

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.

Neil Armstrong

I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

Neil Armstrong

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.

Neil Armstrong

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.

Neil Armstrong

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

Neil Armstrong

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Neil Armstrong

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.

Neil Armstrong

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Neil Armstrong

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Neil Armstrong

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.

Neil Armstrong

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

Neil Armstrong

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

Neil Armstrong

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.

Neil Armstrong

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

Neil Armstrong

I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer.

Neil Armstrong

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