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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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Jean Tirole

Economist; Nobel laureate in economic sciences for the analysis of market power and regulation

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Well, I’m very proud, this is true, I mean. But, you know, it’s also being with the right people, in the right place, at the right moment. And, you know, it’s a team work too.

Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, The Nobel Prize, 13 October 2014 source ↗

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Haruki Murakami Novelist, short-story writer and translator
Yes. I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.
Recorded Stephen Phelan, Face-to-face interview, first published in the Sunday Herald, The Sunday Herald, January 2005 source ↗
Leonor Espinosa Colombian chef; founder of the Bogotá restaurant Leo and World's Best Female Chef 2022
Getting Colombia to be recognized for its gastronomy, to have the eyes of the world on our cooking, is a great achievement that I am very proud of today.
Recorded The Talks interview, 7 February 2024 source ↗
Andre Geim Condensed matter physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 2010
OK, but speaking seriously, I’m actually quite proud of my IgNobel Prize – not because of IgNobel Prize – it’s a more subtle association. Essentially, yeah, IgNobel Prize is given for something which forces people to smile. ... with IgNobel Prize they ask you a few weeks in advance whether you are ready to accept this prize or not. So we considered hard and, at the end, we had courage to accept this IgNobel Prize, yeah. So, I’m proud that I had enough courage to do that and I do not regret accepting it.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, The Nobel Prize, 5 October 2010 source ↗
Victor Ambros Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the discovery of microRNA
Yes, and that gives me incredible pride, and the fact that Ruvkun is the other awardee, is incredible, because Gary is such a good friend. I mean you ask me what my first sense was, it’s surprise, and secondly of course it’s a kind of muted joy because, you know, whenever this kind of thing happens to basic scientists, especially scientists working on the nematode, I think it’s a wonderful thing for everybody doing this kind of work.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, The Nobel Prize, October 2024 source ↗

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