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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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How can Life grant us boon of living, compensateFor dull grey ugliness and pregnant hateUnless we dareThe soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we payWith courage to behold the resistless day,And count it fair.
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Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
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No borders, just horizons - only freedom.
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If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.
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the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward.
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Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
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As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
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Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
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So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
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Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.
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Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.
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Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
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Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
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