Kate Adie Quotes

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

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

[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common... It seemed. - Kate Adie

[Maybe she simply cared in a self-protective way.] Doing something on impulse... well, it can work, but there are a lot of examples that say, 'Better to leave well alone and do what you can as a reporter.' You do get into situations where you think, 'What should I do? Shouldn't I intervene? Shouldn't I do something?' I think if you get to that point you have to make a decision. I've said to people, if you feel it's wrong just being a reporter and you can't do enough, well it's time to become an aid worker and train to be someone who really knows what to do. No good standing around snapping a notebook. - Kate Adie