East London quotes

East London

9 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis Professional Boxer

"I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me."

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