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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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Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner

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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.

Published Q&A on the Goldman Prize blog, Goldman Environmental Prize, 9 November 2016 source ↗

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Bob Woodward Investigative reporter and author; associate editor of The Washington Post
I don’t know whether I feel pride. I think pride is hubris. I think it is an emotion that if you bask in it, it’s like hate; it will destroy you. So I don’t make those kinds of assessments. I like what I do. I am repeatedly struck by how I have missed part of the story, always.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington D.C., 1 May 2003 source ↗
Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
I literally said to them - all of our faces were on the - in the boxes on Zoom. And I welled up. And I said, oh my God, this is my dream. This is what I want - I've wanted to see my whole life of working at Ariel and all the things we've built, and making sure we all have a shot at this - narrowing this wealth gap, and putting our stamp on the industry and society.
Recorded Kathleen J. McInnis, Smart Women, Smart Power podcast, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 28 August 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 ↗
Shimon Peres Prime Minister and later President of Israel; Nobel Peace laureate
I don’t know if I’m proud really, but if I have to compliment myself, I would just do it on those occasions where I have had a chance to save a life of a person or a child. This is in my eyes a real achievement. The rest? You try, but the ultimate test is saving life.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 2 May 2003 source ↗

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