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[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.

Jacqueline Cochran

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Jacqueline Cochran
Age: 74 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 11
Died: 1980
Died: August 9
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Politician
Pensacola
Florida
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