What are you most proud of?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

Vogue's 73 Questions repeatedly asks respondents to select the work, relationship, or achievement that makes them proudest.

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Recorded Jean Tirole said elsewhere, not written here
Well, I’m very proud, this is true, I mean. But, you know, it’s also being with the right people, in the right place, at the right moment. And, you know, it’s a team work too.

Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, The Nobel Prize, 13 October 2014 source ↗

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Leonor Espinosa Colombian chef; founder of the Bogotá restaurant Leo and World's Best Female Chef 2022
Getting Colombia to be recognized for its gastronomy, to have the eyes of the world on our cooking, is a great achievement that I am very proud of today.
Recorded The Talks interview, 7 February 2024 source ↗
Ralph Nader Lawyer and consumer advocate; author of Unsafe at Any Speed
I think three things. One is the great advances in auto safety. I mean, there are tens of thousands of people being saved every year because cars are safer, and millions of people over a decade, injuries prevented. I think that’s a good example of the need to make technology more humane. We may benefit from a lot of technologies, but they exact a cost. Emphysema, cancer, soil contamination, contaminated water, death and injury on the highway. We’ve got to put more effort on making them more humane.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 16 February 1991 source ↗
Tara VanDerveer Basketball coach; head coach of Stanford women's basketball 1985–2024
I’m probably—I’m probably most proud of, you know, just the relationships that I have with the players I’ve coached. When, you know, one of—you know, different player will, like, text me, like, you know, “I just had, you know, just had our daughter.” And I’m like, after an hour, I’m like, you know, that like, “Don’t you have something better to do?” You know, you’re an hour into having a newborn. But it’s great, you know. Or being invited to a wedding. You know, just being part of people’s lives
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, New York City, 22 September 2024 source ↗
Wanjira Mathai Kenyan environmental leader; chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation
I would like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the crucial role that youth can play in the transformation of Africa. I would also like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the central importance of landscape restoration in the continent’s transformation and how we address the climate crisis. I have continued to be a climate action champion, especially climate adaptation.
Recorded Raphael Obonyo, Interview for Africa Renewal, Africa Renewal (United Nations), March 2021 source ↗

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