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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

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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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Jean Tirole Economist; Nobel laureate in economic sciences for the analysis of market power and regulation
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.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, The Nobel Prize, 13 October 2014 source ↗
Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
proud of recognizing that as a scientist, it was not only important to do research and find new things. I also felt a responsibility to apply them for the benefit of society.
Recorded C&EN profile interview after the Presidential Medal of Freedom, vol. 91 no. 49, Chemical & Engineering News, 9 December 2013 source ↗
Youssou N'Dour Senegalese singer, songwriter and composer; a leading figure in mbalax
For a start, the sound of my voice has changed a little bit, which comes [with aging]. But whenever I listen to myself from those ages, I’m proud of myself because I was young, but there’s no music of mine that I listen to and I’m like, “Nah, I wish I didn’t do that.” Everything that I’ve listened to so far, I’m proud of what I did, even at that age.
Recorded Steve Hochman, SPIN Interview, before the release of Éclairer le Monde, 7 April 2025 source ↗
Aaron Ciechanover Biologist and physician; Nobel laureate in chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
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.
Recorded 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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