Kate Adie Quotes

British - Journalist Born: September 19, 1945

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

Myself Freedom Calm Care

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

War Enemy Propaganda Because

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.

Life Time Life Is Too Short Saying

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

Freedom War Soldiers Information

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

Heart People Job Story

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.

Struggle You Censorship Without

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.

Never Jacket Up Now

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Good Silence Democracy Better

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.

War Me People Support

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

Media Always Information Question

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Children People Young Now

No two wars are identical.

Two Identical Wars

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

Turn Up Just Surrounded

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

Life Day Thought People

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.

Us Year Hanging Out

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

Myself I Am Me Way

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

Life Heart Short Eat

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

Book Left Very About

I will never retire.

Never Will Retire

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

Child Mountains Kind Up

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

Marriage Teacher Woman Time

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

Childhood Drama Through Complete

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

Nothing Reporter Stories Selection

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

Violence Never Kind Been

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

Media Gossip Want Involved

I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.

Time Person Sit Sort

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