Maurice Thompson
Poet
"There is no excellence in archery without great labour."
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Archery
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Geena Davis
Actress
"Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for."
Confucius
Philosopher
"The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup."
Geena Davis
Actress
"The main thing about archery is a battle with yourself. You can ruin it all. Once you have learned the technique, the point is to recreate the perfect technique over and over and over."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet, Educator
"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it."
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"Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it, is seen as odious."
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"Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious. Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw. Music? To hear it is tedious; to compose it, too taxing. And so on. Of all the afflictions, boredom is ultimately the most unmanning. Eventually, it transforms you into a great nothing who does nothing ― a cousin to sloth and a brother to melancholy."
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