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> [To step on a bomb, have your legs blown off and survive, is lucky. Everybody has a good-luck story. Mine was the fact that the senior medic was on patrol that day. Those who don't have a good-luck story are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/to-step-on-a-bomb-have-your-legs-blown-off-and-survive-is-lucky/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

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> [It is funny how it is almost more painful to fall over and scrape your knee than to be blown up. Your body goes into incredible protection mode.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/it-is-funny-how-it-is-almost-more-painful-to-fall-over-and-scrape/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

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## More by Giles Duley

> [I am a big believer in love. Love for me is what got me through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-am-a-big-believer-in-love-love-for-me-is-what-got-me-through/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I wasn't using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/when-i-worked-as-a-music-and-fashion-photographer-i-always-had-the/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [A lot of great creativity comes from restrictions,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/a-lot-of-great-creativity-comes-from-restrictions/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I really love the Olympics: Daley Thompson's back-flip, Derek Redmond's father helping him finish the 400m after his hamstring snapped at the 1992 Games…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-really-love-the-olympics-daley-thompson-s-back-flip-derek-redmond-s/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [For those looking at me, meeting me for the first time, it is the body they see. I am labelled as disabled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/for-those-looking-at-me-meeting-me-for-the-first-time-it-is-the-body/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [My friends love this idea of me as half man, half camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/my-friends-love-this-idea-of-me-as-half-man-half-camera/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/for-most-olympic-athletes-their-training-is-their-hardest-challenge/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-don-t-see-many-people-as-heroes-and-though-i-love-sport-i-believe/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I was obsessed from the moment I took my first photograph. I wanted to make photography my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-was-obsessed-from-the-moment-i-took-my-first-photograph-i-wanted-to/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [When you are doing portraits, you have that intimacy with someone for a few minutes. For a really good portrait, you don't take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/when-you-are-doing-portraits-you-have-that-intimacy-with-someone-for/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I don't see myself as being injured by a landmine or the Taliban; I was injured by ignorance and hatred. When people do these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-don-t-see-myself-as-being-injured-by-a-landmine-or-the-taliban-i/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I had been a fashion photographer for over ten years, but I'd always been dissatisfied with what I was doing. It was all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-had-been-a-fashion-photographer-for-over-ten-years-but-i-d-always/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [People who look at Greek statues never say it's a shame because they're not complete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/people-who-look-at-greek-statues-never-say-it-s-a-shame-because-they/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [I'm not a war photographer. I've always dealt with the consequences of conflict,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/i-m-not-a-war-photographer-i-ve-always-dealt-with-the-consequences-of/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

> [If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-duley/if-you-focus-on-the-things-you-can-t-do-you-ll-destroy-yourself-just/)

[Giles Duley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-duley/)

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