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Amelia Earhart
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I flew the Atlantic because I wanted to. If that be what they call ‘a woman’s reason,’ make the most of it. It isn’t, I think, a reason to be apologized for by man or woman… .

Whether you are flying the Atlantic or selling sausages or building a skyscraper or driving a truck, your greatest power comes from the fact that you want tremendously to do that very thing, and do it well.

Amelia Earhart on marriage, sheer assertive brilliance circa 1931.

Amelia Earhart on marriage, sheer assertive brilliance circa 1931.