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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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Bert Sakmann

Cell physiologist; Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine for the patch clamp technique

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
This was an unexpected benefit let’s say. There is a new class of diseases that came up in the last, yes I would say 10 years, they are called channelopathies. This means diseases related to defects in the function of ion channels and all of a sudden ion channels and electrical signals, which we’re not very popular for the general public because it’s somewhat difficult to understand how electrical signal comes about and that we all run on electrical signals but this development of finding channelopathies is quite, you know, rewarding I would say

Marika Griehsel, 53rd meeting of Nobel Laureates, Lindau, Germany, The Nobel Prize, July 2003 source ↗

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Wayne Rooney English former footballer and manager; record goalscorer for Manchester United and England
With family, that's the main thing. That's why you do things. Being a bit older and seeing my kids grow into teenagers, I'm helping them grow up in life. That's what I'm proud of - that's what I do everything for.
Recorded Kelly Somers, BBC Sport's The Football Interview, 16 August 2025 source ↗
Brendan Rodgers Northern Irish football manager; former manager of Liverpool, Leicester City and Celtic
I think becoming a manager in the first place because my journey was different - the path to becoming a manager. That is the biggest achievement for me.
Recorded Kelly Somers, BBC Sport's The Football Interview, 18 October 2025 source ↗
Norman Schwarzkopf United States Army general; commander of coalition forces in the 1991 Gulf War
A man does not get to write his own epitaph. But if I were to write mine it would say the following: He loved his family, and he loved his troops, and they loved him — period.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Las Vegas, Nevada, 26 June 1992 source ↗
Shimon Peres Prime Minister and later President of Israel; Nobel Peace laureate
I don’t know if I’m proud really, but if I have to compliment myself, I would just do it on those occasions where I have had a chance to save a life of a person or a child. This is in my eyes a real achievement. The rest? You try, but the ultimate test is saving life.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 2 May 2003 source ↗

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