First Man Quotes

Neil Armstrong: I don't know what space exploration will uncover, but I don't think it'll be exploration just for the sake of exploration. I think it'll be more the fact that it allows us to see things. That maybe we should have seen a long time ago. But just haven't been able to until now.

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Neil Armstrong: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

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Deke Slayton: We've got this under control.
Janet Armstrong: You're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood! You don't have anything under control!

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Older Rick Armstrong: Mom, what's wrong?
Janet Armstrong: Nothing, honey. Your dad's going to the Moon.

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Janet Armstrong: What are the chances you're not coming back? Those kids, they don't have a father anymore! So you're gonna sit the boys down and prepare them for the fact that you might never come home!

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Pete Conrad: Neil, I was sorry to hear about your daughter.
Neil Armstrong: I'm sorry, is it a question?
Pete Conrad: What I... What I mean is... Do you think it'll have an effect?
Neil Armstrong: I think it would be unreasonable to assume that it wouldn't have some effect.

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Neil Armstrong: You're down here and you look up and you don't think about it too much. But space exploration changes your perception.

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