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 Alan Shepard said elsewhere, not written here
If it’s one thing, obviously it had to have been being selected to make the first manned space flight for the United States. That was competition at its best, not because of the fame or the recognition that went with it, but because of the fact that America’s best test pilots went through this selection process, down to seven guys, and of those seven, I was the first one to go. That always will be the most satisfying thing for me.

Academy of Achievement interview, Houston, Texas, 1 February 1991 source ↗

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Nicolaas Bloembergen Physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for work in laser spectroscopy
I’ve been lucky that the two topics that have interested me have both lead to very important applications. In the case of nuclear magnetic resonance, the thesis data, in my thesis, concerned what is called nuclear magnetic relaxation in liquids and also some solid materials, but most importantly we measured the relaxation time of protons in water and aqueous solutions, the influence of viscosity and temperature, and those data are now the basis in which MRI pictures can be taken
Recorded Marika Griehsel, 54th meeting of Nobel Laureates, Lindau, Germany, The Nobel Prize, June 2004 source ↗
Goran Bregović Bosnian composer and musician; former Bijelo Dugme leader and film composer
One of the things I’m proudest of is that today is a Friday, and hundreds of Gypsy bands will be playing for tips, and they will play a lot of my songs. I like the idea that because of that, some kid will have marmalade on his bread.
Recorded Robin Denselow, Guardian interview on Three Letters from Sarajevo, The Guardian, 27 February 2019 source ↗
Jarrod Bowen English footballer; West Ham United captain and England international forward
Probably my family in terms of kids I've got, my mum and dad, the whole network of family. I'm really close with my aunties, uncles, nans, grandads, trying to spend as much time together as possible, so I'd say that's one thing I'm really proud of, that I have a loving family.
Recorded Kelly Somers, BBC Sport's The Football Interview, 30 August 2025 source ↗
James Stockdale United States Navy vice admiral; prisoner of war in North Vietnam and Medal of Honor recipient
Never betraying a friend in prison.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, San Diego, California, 28 July 2001 source ↗

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