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

Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Journalist
Memoirist
Travel Writer
Writer
Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
Lady Lindy
Amelia Earhart Putnam
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Soloing
Something
Pilots
Aviation
Activities
Finish
Flight
Activity
Easier

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