“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
— Nelson Mandela
NB: I have no idea why that person, a fan at a rugby game, wore Mandela’s name on the no. 7 jersey. The famous jersey Nelson Mandela wore at the 1995 world cup was that of the captain Francois Pienaar, i.e. no. 6.
Wednesday Quotes: Conquering Fear
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Wordless Wednesday
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At least that’s some of them. But every little helps, especially if they appear in great numbers, like cars.
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Monochrome Madness has a free theme this week. And the recent Easter scenes let me think of sheep. I didn’t know sheep could sit like that. Oooops, wait … nevermind.
“I can resist everything except temptation.” – Oscar Wilde
FOWC with Fandango: Temptation
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A red drainpipe, shutters with hearts – all that missing is a bit of TLC. Similarly lacking in TLC but just the name “storks’ corner” is enough to include this window in this post. This one is specifically for PR. It’s the window (and drainpipe) … Continue reading Quaint drainpipes (and windows)
Sucking it in.
Letting it out.
Focussing on his most prominent feature.
The Cosmis Photo Challenge: Focal Point
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that smoking isn’t really conducive to your health, gentlemen smoked pipes. And very elaborate pipes indeed.
Last week we were at the UNESCO heritage site of the Abbey of Lorsch. There is a small museum close by and we had a look. A small section is concerned with the abbey, the rest of the building houses Germany’s largest tobacco museum. The combination may be unusual but not the location: Lorsch has been a tobacco growing town for three centuries.
Monday Portrait
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