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I was with Tom Wolfe at the launch of Apollo 17, which led him to 'The Right Stuff.'

~Annie Leibovitz

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When I was around 13 or 14, and I was in a private school, I had a Frisbee that had the name Apollo on it. And I'd walk around with it. People would say, 'Hey, there's that Apollo kid.' That's where the name generated from.

~Apollo Robbins

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I think the Apollo has always been the people's performing arts center and reflected the community, whether it is Stevie Wonder or Tito Puente.

~Arturo O'Farrill

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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.

~Bayard Taylor

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When I first played New York, it was with James Brown at the Apollo, and I was playing in a band under the name The Valentinos. I remember Sam Cooke saying, 'I want you to go in there with James Brown. I couldn't be as hard on you as James Brown would be.' But we came out marching like soldiers.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: Apollo Band Brown Came Cooke First Go Hard James James Brown Like Marching Name New New York Out Played Playing Remember Sam Sam Cooke Saying Soldiers Want Would York You I Remember I Want You

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I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.

~Buzz Aldrin

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There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight.

~Buzz Aldrin

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The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.

~Buzz Aldrin

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I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: Able Apollo Away Came Career Chance Experience Experienced Field Get Got Heard Hoping Many Missions New People Themselves Think Times Who Wondering Would I Think

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There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system, in science, technology, engineering and math, was at the top of the world. It's no longer there. We're descending rather rapidly.

~Buzz Aldrin

Topics: After Apollo Came Close Descending Doubt Education Engineering Leader Longer Math No Doubt Nobody Our Program Rapidly Rather Science Space System Technology Top Us Who World

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