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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

#being famous #day #famous #gave #glamorous

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

— Kate Adie

#being #coverage #illustration #live #make

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. ↗

— Kate Adie

#also #appearance #bbc #beirut #civil

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

#am #fiction #had #i #i am

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

— Kate Adie

#gossip #i #involved #media #want

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

#become #church #england #expected #i

I will never retire. ↗

— Kate Adie

#never #retire #will

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

— Kate Adie

#book #i #left #period #specifically

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

— Kate Adie

#been #eat #heart #i #life

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

#drove #hanging #helicopter #i #just