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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Edwina Currie

Former British politician, broadcaster and writer

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As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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Richard Feynman Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965
There was no importance to what I was doing, but ultimately there was.  The diagrams and the whole business that I got the Nobel Prize for came from that piddling around with the wobbling plate.
Recorded Excerpt from “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”, Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine, 1985 source ↗
Rosie Jones British comedian and actress
My books. There’s no greater feeling than a disabled child coming up to me and saying, “I’ve never seen myself in a book before.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗
Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician
My children, and my sanity. For a child actor, I think it’s noteworthy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗

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