"Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end."

People, End, Now, Question

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"Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end."

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"What it all boils down to for me is having the enthusiasm to do something for enjoyment and being stimulated by what's around you. That's what photography does for me."

Enthusiasm, Being, Enjoyment, Photography

"When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography."

Nature, Photography, Sea, Seasons, Weather

"So it was a hard decision but I know it is the right one."

Decision-Making, Decision, Right

"You need to be an adrenalin junkie when you travel with kids."

Travel, Kids

"Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene."

Nature, Day, Swans

"I'd very much like to create my own style as a photographer, even if it's just for myself."

Style,

"Digital has obviously changed things a lot, but not all for the better as far as I'm concerned. Of course it's much more convenient and you're getting instant results, but to me it just lacks the finesse of a roll of film and it has a slightly superimposed feel."

Film, Results

"I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36."

Fitness, Career, Injury

"The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why."

Thought, Idea, First, Lady

"I've never put myself in the mindset that I'm actually any good at taking pictures, I just love to shoot things that catch my eye, whether it's landscapes or just my kids."

Love, Eye, Kids

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"The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

People, Present

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

People, Man, Respect

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

People, Beliefs, May, Myths

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

People, Goodness

"Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

People, Nothing

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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