"I am a friend, comrades, a friend!"
— Yuri Gagarin
January 1, 1970
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Original Language: English
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First words upon returning to Earth, to a woman and a girl near where his capsule landed (12 April 1961) The woman asked: "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" to which Gagarin replied: "As a matter of fact, I have!" — Quoted in The Air Up There : More Great Quotations on Flight (2003) by Dave English, p. 118
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First words upon returning to Earth, to a woman and a girl near where his capsule landed (12 April 1961) The woman asked: "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" to which Gagarin replied: "As a matter of fact, I have!" — Quoted in The Air Up There : More Great Quotations on Flight (2003) by Dave English, p. 118