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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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Aaron Ciechanover

Biologist and physician; Nobel laureate in chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

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I cannot tell you even. I have to ask my son and my wife that were with me in the room because I came to say ”hello,” that I’m leaving. And, I was caught in total surprise. It’s wonderful. What can I tell you? Obviously, it’s wonderful. That’s the climax that every scientist can ever dream of. I will not deny that I am proud for me, for this science, for the state of Israel, for my family, for everybody.

Joanna Rose, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize, 6 October 2004 source ↗

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Wanjira Mathai Kenyan environmental leader; chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation
I would like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the crucial role that youth can play in the transformation of Africa. I would also like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the central importance of landscape restoration in the continent’s transformation and how we address the climate crisis. I have continued to be a climate action champion, especially climate adaptation.
Recorded Raphael Obonyo, Interview for Africa Renewal, Africa Renewal (United Nations), March 2021 source ↗
Olga Tokarczuk Novelist and essayist; Nobel laureate in literature
Yeah, I’m very happy. Of course I’m very happy, and I am proud that I am with Peter Handke , and that we, both of us, we are from central Europe. It’s really very meaningful for me, this Nobel Prize is going to central Europe. I’m really, really very proud.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Nobel Prize, 10 October 2019 source ↗
Pelé Brazilian footballer; three-time World Cup winner
At that time nobody had Brazil on the map and suddenly Brazil became a huge football nation. I was very proud because I made Brazil well known all over the world.
Recorded The Talks interview, 7 August 2013 source ↗
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 ↗

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