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This is how you can tell a real photographer: mostly, a real photographer does not say 'I wish I had my camera on me right now'. Instead a real photographer pulls out her camera and takes the photograph.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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