"Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies."
"I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation."
Source: Coming from Behind. Book by Howard Jacobson, 1983.
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Howard Hughes
Aviator, Businessman
Howard Hughes was a pioneering aviator and filmmaker known for his innovative contributions to aviation and his complex personality.
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