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Accomplishment Quote by Sam Abell

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“I was asked by a student what my most significant accomplishment was at National Geographic, after thirty years, and I said that my career came to an appropriate close, and I still loved photography. Not everybody who spends their career at anything ends up fascinated and involved with it.”

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Accomplishment Appropriate Career Careers Ends Fascinated Involved National geographic Photography Said Significant Stills Students Success Thirty Thirty years Years

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