Yuri Gagarin Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!”
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“I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of water. The horizon is dark blue, smoothly turning to black. . . the feelings which filled me I can express with one word-joy.”
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“The Earth is blue... how wonderful. It is amazing”
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“When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "The Evolution Of The Spacesuit" by Adam Mann, www.wired.com. October 24, 2011.
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“To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature-could one dream of anything more?”
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“I could have gone on flying through space forever.”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "Dawn of the Space Age". Book by Robin Kerrod, 2004.
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“Nothing will stop us. The road to the stars is steep and dangerous. But we're not afraid . . . Space flights can't be stopped. This isn't the work of one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human development.”
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“Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marvelled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let us safeguard and enhance this beauty-not destroy it”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "Celebrate Space Travel's Past and Future", www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2002.
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“I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. The machine is functioning normally.”
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“Rays were blazing through the atmosphere of the earth, the horizon became bright orange, gradually passing into all the colors of the rainbow: from light blue to dark blue, to violet and then to black. What an indescribable gamut of colors! Just like the paintings of the artist Nicholas Roerich.”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "Warrior of Light : The Life of Nicholas Roerich : Artist, Himalayan explorer and visionary". Book by Colleen Messina, 2002.
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“I don't see any god up here first man in space, while in space.”
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“What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth…. The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spots…. When I watched the horizon, I saw the abrupt, contrasting transition from the earth’s light-colored surface to the absolutely black sky. I enjoyed the rich color spectrum of the earth. It is surrounded by a light blue aureole that gradually darkens, becoming turquiose, dark blue, violet, and finally coal black.”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "Earth's Aura". Book by Louise B. Young, 1977.
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“If all those people are getting wet to welcome me, surely the least I can do is get wet too!”
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "Mankind's first giant leap". www.economist.com. August 3, 2011.
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