#guardian

I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me. ↗

— Toby Young

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If I am to truly become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#disappeared #every #guardian #loving #object

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. ↗

— James Madison

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I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#ask #assigned #guardian #i #me

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#mirth #rights #should #thinkers #world

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#did #else #gate #guardians

In all cases love was a strong emotion, not easily contained once it was unleashed. I realized now that love was like a blossoming flower that continually added more and more petals. But there was no end point. There was no full bloom. It went on forever. Growing, strengthening. ↗

— Rachel Hawthorne

#love

I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#fallen-angel #guardian-angel #humor #nora #patch