Tom Paulin Quotes

All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything.
Tom Paulin

Sometimes, Worry, Read

Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.
Tom Paulin

Everyone, Israel, Zionist

Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.
Tom Paulin

Sense, Fact, National

I am not very moved by historical apologies.
Tom Paulin

Moved, Historical

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.
Tom Paulin

Either, Carry, British

I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.
Tom Paulin

Exist, Israel, Believed

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.
Tom Paulin

Fact, Morale, Boost

I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.
Tom Paulin

Wish, Write, Poems

I'm kind of domestic, untidily so.
Tom Paulin

You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.
Tom Paulin

Either, Zionist

I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.
Tom Paulin

Life, Good, Job

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.
Tom Paulin

Country, Against, High

In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's anti- Semitism, but the British never faced their own complicity in its construction.
Tom Paulin

Both, Culture, View

This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.
Tom Paulin

Government, Sympathy, Here

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Poet

Born: January 25, 1949

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