This lens helped his investors endure failed attempts and his crews endure stormy seas.

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The Church is like a boat that passes through stormy seas, but God will "not let her sink, " he said.

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Dr. Glen Newey, a professor of politics at Britain's Keele University, told CNN that politicians telling whoppers often act as barometers of functioning democracy, indicating that a demanding press and public are capable of steering politicians into stormy seas.

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But these are still stormy seas.

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Secondly, if you make life difficult for yourself - perhaps by shooting into the light or in very difficult conditions such as heavy rain, driving snow or stormy seas - there will be less chance of you overlapping with other photographers' work and your images stand a chance of being far more striking.

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