Best Festival Thoughts
221 Festival quotes by 187 unique authors
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Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day…
— John Quincy Adams
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I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.
— George Wein
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Spiritually, life is a festival, a celebration. Joy is of the essence of life;
— Agnivesh
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Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of culture. While studying neuroscience, I was…
— Natalie Jeremijenko
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I created a successful outdoor youth festival - the Liverd festival - against all good advice. It was a great way to explore and investigate…
— Natalie Jeremijenko
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At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to take part in…
— Peter Capaldi
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Michael Clarke Duncan and I met at a music festival that was honoring films, and we happened to be seated next to each other at…
— Nikki Blonsky
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When I do a festival, I want everyone to have a party, I think it is kind of similar to a club where everyone is…
— Katy B
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I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated with gaiety and…
— Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.
— Garry Kasparov
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When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation…
— John Lasseter
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In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then I did Carson…
— Kyle Kinane
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Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums,…
— Sara Sheridan
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The Wacken festival started more than 20 years ago with just a few hundred people in attendance. Tickets now sell out before the lineup is…
— Henry Rollins
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Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new…
— Henry Rollins
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The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.
— Craig Brown
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What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a lot…
— Russell Smith
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I think Cannes is usually pretty fair in choosing what will play well to the home festival crowd.
— Eric Fellner
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I went to a festival pretending to work as a journalist to get free tickets and interview people I really admired. I remember one of…
— Juan Antonio Bayona
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There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos.…
— Timothy Noah
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I was involved with my theater program in high school, and I was involved in a festival where I could audition for a lot of…
— Josh Dallas
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I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get…
— Tabatha Coffey
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I really love the festival circuit.
— Michelle Monaghan
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The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that a…
— Charles Hazlewood
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Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late…
— Afrojack
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