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 Robert Ballard said elsewhere, not written here
I would say the discovery of the hydrothermal vents off the Galápagos Islands. That really turned science upside down. Until that time, there were a lot of things we didn’t know about the ocean. We didn’t know why it was salty. We didn’t know why it had the chemistry that it had.

Academy of Achievement interview, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 13 February 1991 source ↗

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Sonya Yoncheva Opera singer
I was really happy because Rolex did something that was almost impossible: to organize it during a pandemic, to do it at such a high level, and to provide this financial aid to all these people… I was really proud.
Recorded The Talks interview, 27 July 2022 source ↗
Aziz Sancar Biochemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
I am of course honoured to get this recognition for all the work I’ve done over the years, but I’m also proud for my family and for my native country and my adopted country, and especially for Turkey it’s quite important.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize, 7 October 2015 source ↗
Hanna Tetteh UN Special Representative for Libya; former Foreign Minister of Ghana
But since then, I'm happy to report they've been gliding. They've been chairing the sessions. They've being rapporteurs. They've been actively debating on the issues, and I'm very proud of them.
Recorded Melissa Fleming, Awake at Night podcast, series 13, United Nations, 2026 source ↗
Arnold Palmer Professional golfer; winner of seven major championships
That’s difficult for someone to talk about themselves. If I’ve helped improve the game of golf and if I’ve helped improve people’s outlook on life and the game of golf, that would be something that I would be very happy for. I would really like to think that maybe I have left something that other people will look at and say, when people come in back of them, that they have given them the same opportunity that we had. And that means give our kids the opportunities that we’ve had through these years. And if I can do that and leave something along those lines to people, I’ll be very happy for that.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Orlando, Florida, 2 December 1997 source ↗

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