British - Journalist | September 19, 1945 -
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
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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.
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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!
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.
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I will never retire.
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I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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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.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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