[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 More Quotes by Jacqueline Cochran More Quotes From Jacqueline Cochran I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars. Jacqueline Cochran starsmightwind I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls. Jacqueline Cochran aviationwomengirl I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit. Jacqueline Cochran adventurehandstravel In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with humans. Jacqueline Cochran airplaneflyingoutcomes Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it. Jacqueline Cochran capacityuseopportunity I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut. Jacqueline Cochran astronautspaceeye I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut off my view of the sky. . . . Flying got into my soul instantly but the answer as to why must be found somewhere back in the mystic maze of my birth and childhood and the circumstances of my earlier life. Whatever I am is elemental and the beginnings of it all have their roots in Sawdust Road. I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and stars. Jacqueline Cochran cuttingstarsviews And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death. Jacqueline Cochran riskwould-beinspirational Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon. Jacqueline Cochran duststarsdark It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. Jacqueline Cochran life-or-deathno-fearfaces I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars. Jacqueline Cochran i-amstarswindtravel To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death. Jacqueline Cochran livemeriskdeath
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