Kate Adie Quotes

British - Journalist Born: September 19, 1945

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

Good, Silence, Democracy, Information

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. Kate Adie

Life, Time, Short, Saying, Nostalgia, Go

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. Kate Adie

Freedom, Myself, Care, Calm, Journalism

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. Kate Adie

Turn, Danger, Protection, Going, Up

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks. Kate Adie

War, Risks, Natural Disasters, Dangerous

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. Kate Adie

Struggle, You, Censorship, Right, Go

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

Never, Now, Years, Jacket, Got, Up

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. Kate Adie

Heart, Job, People, Story, Find, Fast

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

Life, Heart, Short, Eat, Never, Sit

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. Kate Adie

Team, War, Support, People, Me, Always

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. Kate Adie

Media, Information, Ahead, Always, Right

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

Children, People, Young, Now, Carry

No two wars are identical. Kate Adie

Two, Wars, Identical

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. Kate Adie

Life, Day, People, Famous, Name, Thought

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. Kate Adie

Two, Year, Helicopter, Hanging, Last, Us

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! Kate Adie

Myself, I Am, Me, Way, Danger, Fault

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

Book, Left, Write, About, Wanted, Wrote

I will never retire. Kate Adie

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. Kate Adie

Mountains, Child, Kind, Adventurous, 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. Kate Adie

Marriage, Teacher, Time, School, Woman

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

Childhood, Drama, Through, Lack, Any

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

Nothing, Stories, Reporter, Selection

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence. Kate Adie

Violence, Kind, Never, Been, Attracted

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

Media, Gossip, Want, Involved, Endless

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

Time, Person, Sit, Speculate, Sort

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize. Kate Adie

I Am, Orange, Judges, Just, Modern, Read

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