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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Anna Paquin

New Zealand actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
I hope that’s yet to come. My Oscar? That was a combination of Holly Hunter being an amazing actress, Jane being an extraordinary director and me being in the right place at the right time. I had no idea what I was doing. It’s given me this amazing life, but it’s not the highlight of my career.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗

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Sam Neill New Zealand actor
Still being in work. And my vineyards; they’re beautiful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2016 source ↗
Archie Panjabi British actress
I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗
Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
One moment, Nelson Mandela is in jail, and the next moment, he is walking, a free man. One moment, we are shackled as the oppressed of apartheid; the next, we are voting for the very first time. I was 63 when I voted for the first time in my life in the country of my birth. Nelson Mandela was 76 years of age. But it happened, it happened. It happened partly because the international community supported us. People prayed for us. People demonstrated on our behalf, especially young people. Students at universities and college campuses used to sit out in the baking sunshine to force their institutions to divest and the miracle happened. We became free because we were helped and we want to say a big “thank you” to the world. And, you can become free nonviolently.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

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