Quotes by Kate Adie

Kate Adie

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

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School

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.

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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

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Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

Blessing

People

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

Judging

Modern Novel

Orange

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

Gossip

Literature

Media

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

Kind

Literature

Violence

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.’

Funny

Life Is Short

Life Is Too Short

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

Reporters

Selection

Stories

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.

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Liberty

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Hair

Happened

Heart

Identical

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Kind

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Liberty

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Life Is Short

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Quotes by Kate Adie

Kate Adie

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

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.

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

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

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

I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

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.’

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

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.

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