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Quote by Neil Armstrong
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the

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 didnt feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. – Neil Armstrong

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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. – Neil Armstrong

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I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and Im damned if Im going to use up mine running up and down a street. – Neil Armstrong

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We have no proof, but if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that … other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places… – Neil Armstrong

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Matter was like a faint precipitate suspended in a world of dense light. – Edward Harrison

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Thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. – Neil Armstrong

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Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face. – Arthur Koestler

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Venus is now astrologically square with Pluto. That means there isnt a hip planet left. – Jim Critchfield

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God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. – Stephen Hawking

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Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. – Alistair Cooke

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My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. – Aldous Huxley

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Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it. – Suzanne Fields

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