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Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
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Journalist
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Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
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Amelia Earhart Putnam
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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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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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There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
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I did for the fun of it
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Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
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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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Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
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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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I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
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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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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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You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.
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You can do anything you decide to 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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It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
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My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes.
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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 one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
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As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
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