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What fills you with the most pride?

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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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Colin Powell

United States Secretary of State 2001–2005; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Proud that I believe I have the respect of my fellow soldiers. And by soldiers, I mean all the members of the armed forces that I served with. No medal, no nice introduction, no awards could substitute just for the knowledge I have that I’m reasonably well respected by my fellow soldiers. If I didn’t have that, I would have considered this to be a busted career.

Academy of Achievement interview, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 23 May 1998 source ↗

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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
What makes me proudest about them is that they also don't get cynical about it. They have not assumed because their side didn't win, or because some of the values that they care about don't seem as if they were vindicated, that automatically America has somehow rejected them or rejected their values.
Recorded Christi Parsons, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the White House, The White House (Obama administration archive), 18 January 2017 source ↗
Jessica Mauboy Australian singer and actress; the first Indigenous artist to top the ARIA album chart
I guess my very first award when I was 10 years old, at the Adelaide River country music competition,
Recorded Chantelle Bozicevic, 9honey Celebrity interview, Nine (9honey Celebrity), 1 August 2025 source ↗
Zuzana Čaputová Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
The power of this victory rests on the fact that it’s about public participation; a critical step in getting the landfills shut down. It was a personal mission as both landfills are very close to houses, and the area has high cancer rates – this is what motivated us to start the campaign.
Recorded Published Q&A on the Goldman Prize blog, Goldman Environmental Prize, 9 November 2016 source ↗
Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexican film director; winner of Academy Awards for Birdman and The Revenant
I don’t regret having done it at all. I think everything that I went through was worth it. I am very proud. But I would not do it again.
Recorded The Talks interview, 27 January 2016 source ↗

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