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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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Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
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Atchison County
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Amelia Mary Earhart
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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
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The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.
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If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.
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Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.
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The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
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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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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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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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Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.
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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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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
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The best way to do it, is to do it!
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