“A trip without a camera to the African tribes for me is the same as giving a person who has lost both legs the boots he once dreamed of.”

—  Viktor Pinchuk

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Source: Yu. Lykova «Viktor Pinchuk: love of travel is innate» — Svejaya gazeta (Fresh newspaper): newspaper. — 1.11.2007. — № 44 (61)

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