I was timid and frightened as ...

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 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