Karamo Brown: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Karamo Brown said elsewhere, not written here

Not giving up on myself. As a gay black man things are, at times, more difficult.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008

One of the things that Michelle and I are proud of is that we came through the White House with our souls intact. Everybody has heard: Power corrupts. I do think if you are placed in such an artificial situation, and your office has great importance, there is a tendency for people to want to please you. To not be as honest with you. We fought against that.

Recorded Ben Tiggelaar, Forward Thinking Leadership, Amsterdam, Ben Tiggelaar, 28 September 2018 source ↗

Chiwetel Ejiofor English actor

Still to come, I think.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗

Tim Peake British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut

Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2022 source ↗

Irvine Welsh Scottish novelist