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Thomas Neilson Paulin (born 25 January 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature. He lives in England, where he is the G. M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.

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Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing

Fire, Ideas, Tear, Tears

I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

Banging, Flying, Ideas, Occupy, Positions, Thinking

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

Book, Books, Hobbies, Hobby, Worry

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

Believed, Exist, Israel, Right

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

Apologies, Apology, Historical, Moved

Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.

Everyone, Israel, Support, Supports, Zionist

I'm kind of domestic, untidily so.

Domestic, Kind, Untidily

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

Facts, London, National, Sense, Submission

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.

Country, Israelis, Needs, People, Think, Thinking

You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.

Zionist

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

Class, Creative, Culture, Divided, Sectarian

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

Come, Poems, Way, Wish, Write, Writing

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.

Carries, Israel, Product, Responsibility, View, Views

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.

Heroic, Jobs, Life, Real, Think, Thinking

Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

Challenges, Greatest, Lies, Lying, Racism, Ulysses

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

Carry, Consciousness, Historical, Thinking

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

Boost, Fact, Facts, Think, Thinking

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