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title: "10 Festivity Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“FESTIVITY BREEDS CREATIVITY. RIGIDITY BREEDS DESPAIR”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/festivity-breeds-creativity-rigidity-breeds-despair/)

[Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/)

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> [“The festivity had reached that apogee of joy when you face the happy fate of being crushed to death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mile-zola/the-festivity-had-reached-that-apogee-of-joy-when-you-face-the-happy/)

[Émile Zola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mile-zola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/mile-zola-1188_death_the-festivity-had-reached-that-apogee-of_1048623.png)

> [Christmas is all about festivity, family, being together, reading stories and entertaining one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-matthews/christmas-is-all-about-festivity-family-being-together-reading/)

[Spencer Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-matthews/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/spencer-matthews-6329_christmas_christmas-is-all-about-festivity-family_1529169.jpg)

> [In the garden of your days cultivate festivity, play and celebrations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-anne-radmacher/in-the-garden-of-your-days-cultivate-festivity-play-and-celebrations/)

[Mary Anne Radmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-anne-radmacher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/mary-anne-radmacher-1742_birthday_in-the-garden-of-your-days-cultivate-fes_605841.jpg)

> [Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/christmas-is-not-just-a-time-for-festivity-and-merry-making-it-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [To work for delight and authentic festivity is barely distinguishable from preparing for a general insurrection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/to-work-for-delight-and-authentic-festivity-is-barely-distinguishable/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/raoul-vaneigem-12504_delight_to-work-for-delight-and-authentic-festiv_2321480.jpg)

> [“The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life: 1. Leadership without character. 2. Followership without servant-being. 3. Brotherhood without integrity. 4. Affluence without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/the-10-ever-greatest-misplacements-in-life-1-leadership-without/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/we-we-spend-a-lot-of-time-scholarly-time-thinking-about-love-and-sex/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/barbara-ehrenreich-1204_about_we-we-spend-a-lot-of-time-scholarly-time_658545.jpg)

> [“Then there was the concert where the boys refused to sing 'God Save the King' because of the pudding they had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/then-there-was-the-concert-where-the-boys-refused-to-sing-god-save/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/evelyn-waugh-850_festivity_then-there-was-the-concert-where-the-boy_1612445.jpg)

> [“This is a day of celebration! Today, we are divorcing the past and marrying the present. Dance, and you will find God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/this-is-a-day-of-celebration-today-we-are-divorcing-the-past-and/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/kamand-kojouri-1973_accept_this-is-a-day-of-celebration-today-we-ar_694466.jpg)

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