“My 'idea' has always been my passion. Not only do I have to be a good photographer technically, but also have to be able to capture the emotion of the moment.”

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“An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas, and the truth of prophecy, has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover, and with the conviction of a geometrician.”

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“There have been moments when I also wasn’t able to attach as much importance to football as it seemed to me I should.”

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“Actually, I was gazing in my usual state of being half absent in my own world and half in the present. I have usually been able to 'retire' in this way. I was also thinking that my life was tied up with the instrument and would I do it justice?”

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“I hate you, Jacob Black."
"That's good. Hate is a passionate emotion."
"I'll give you passionate," I muttered under my breath. "Murder, the ultimate crime of passion.”

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