Tom Paulin famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I am not very moved by historical apologies.
-- Tom Paulin

#Apology #Historical #Moved
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

#Jobs #Real #Thinking
I'm kind of domestic, untidily so.
-- Tom Paulin

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

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

#Book #Worry #Hobbies
You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.
-- Tom Paulin

#Zionist
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

#Responsibility #Israel #Views
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 #Thinking #People
I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.
-- Tom Paulin

#Thinking #Facts #Boost
I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.
-- Tom Paulin

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

#Thinking #Historical #Consciousness
Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.
-- Tom Paulin

#Israel #Support #Zionist
Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.
-- Tom Paulin

#Facts #London #Submission
Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing
-- Tom Paulin

#Ideas #Fire #Tears

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