Lift Me UP! Service With A Smile (2005)
“You can not leave the European Union and be in the single market and the customs union.”
Liam Fox (1961) British Conservative politician
Brexit transition period could take two years, says Fox https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40667030 BBC News (20 July 2017) <br class="br">2017
“I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.”
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer
Writers on Writing interview (1986)
Angel Chooi Malaysian teacher, model, online streamer and cosplayer
Source: Angel Chooi cited in " The rise of maid cafés in Malaysia and why it’s actually kinda cool https://eksentrika.com/maid-cafe-malaysia-king-angel/" on Eksentrika.
Melanie Perkins (1987) Australian technology entrepreneur
Source: https://twitter.com/arjunmahadevan/status/1677775875369058304
“3710. Old Custom, without Truth, is but an old Errour.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Variant: Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error.
Context: 1226. Custom without Reason, is but an ancient Error.
“And the food for the soul passes, candid and free, without paying tribute to the customs.”
Juan Ramón Jimenéz (1881–1958) Spanish poet
Source: Platero and I (1917), Ch. 2 : White Butterflies, as translated by Eloïse Roach (1957).
Context: The man wants to stick his iron pick in the little basket, and I do not prevent him. I open the knapsack, and he sees nothing in it. And the food for the soul passes, candid and free, without paying tribute to the customs.
“You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Vanishing Acts
“We have legislated to leave the EU, with or without a deal. That is what people voted for.”
Iain Duncan Smith (1954) British politician
2019 <br class="br">Source: Brexit: 20 Tory rebels inflict no-deal defeat on government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46803112 BBC News (8 January 2019)
Mike Lazaridis (1961) Canadian businessman
Bloomberg: "The Co-Inventor of BlackBerry Is Building Canada’s Quantum Brain Trust" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-09/the-co-inventor-of-blackberry-is-building-canada-s-quantum-brain-trust (09 February 2018)
