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Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.
Buzz Aldrin
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Buzz Aldrin
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 20
Air Force Officer
Astronaut
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Fighter Pilot
Science Fiction Writer
Montclair Township
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.
Edwin Aldrin Jr.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.
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