18 Kate Adie Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kate Adie

British Journalist

Born: Sep 19, 1945

Any Life Never People Time War

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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

Myself Freedom Liberty Care Freedom Of Speech Calm Down Telling About Take Excited Journalism Fairness Calm Down Still Lot Get Interest Less Keep Expression Things Speech

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

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

Good Silence Democracy Better Secrecy Never Information Works

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

You Struggle Censorship Military Press Fact Along Like Without Go Were Covering Reporters Any Situations In Fact Legitimate Right British

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

Gone Prohibit Members Instance Contact Always IRA Question Governments Ireland Irish Northern Northern Ireland Information Media Believing Right British

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

Book About Write Period Wrote Left Very Wanted Specifically

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

Teacher Time Woman Marriage School Church Girl Become Nice Nurse Missionary Prior Expected After Sent England University

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

Nothing Selection Reporter Stories

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

Kind Never Attracted Been Any Violence

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

Gossip Involved Endless Want Media

I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women. Kate Adie

Woman Women World Out Find Some Disadvantage Advantage Advantages Reporting Cancelled Lack Being Little Might Round Basic

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

War Enemy Kinds Propaganda Concealment Because Any Certain Setbacks

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