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Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't ...

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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returni...

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Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling r...

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In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

The woman who can create her own job is the one who will win fame and fortune.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a chal...

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Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fa...

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The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's ...

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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also ...

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Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and en...

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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper ti...

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Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations ...

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Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.

The more one does and sees and feels the more one is able to do and the more genuine may be one's ...

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Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have...

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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

There are two kinds of stones as everyone knows one which rolls.

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have no...

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I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

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Amelia Earhart

Aviator

Born: 1897-07-24

Died: 1939-01-05

Amelia Mary Earhart (born 24 July 1897 - missing in western Pacific Ocean from 2 July 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.More