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Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

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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I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.
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In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful break was apt to lurk just around the corner.
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Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
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The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.
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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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I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.
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No borders, just horizons - only freedom.
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