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Hackney Quotes

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

Sharon Horgan
Rap, Community, Hackney
"My East End: Sharon Horgan, actor". Interview With Kathy Sweeney, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

I am, and always will be, proud to be a Hackney girl.

Leona Lewis
Girl, Hackney, Proud
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

A man must serve his time to every trade, Save censure-critics all are ready made. Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote With just enough learning to misquote.

Lord Byron
Men, Hackney, Enough
'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' (1809) l. 63

Yes, Hackney has got more expensive, but so has rest of London

Meg Hillier
Hackney, London, Expensive

Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.

Lily James
Drama, School, Hackney
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).

George Herbert
Feet, Hackney, Franciscans
George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.323

Miss Tarabotti was not certain if he was objecting to the kick or the scream, so she issued both again— with interest. He seemed to be having a difficult time negotiating Alexia's multiple layers of skirts and ruffles, which formed a particularly efficacious barrier in the tight confines of the hackney.

Gail Carriger
Missing, Ruffles, Hackney

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