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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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Dolly Parton

American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Well, I’m proud of all of them. I think the one that’s most personal to me is the lil’ Coat of Many Colors, because it talks about my mom, my parents, and kind of gives you an insight. It also covers bullying, acceptance and all that.

Guardian reader “VerulamiumParkRanger”; as told to Rich Pelley, Guardian reader interview, The Guardian, 31 October 2024 source ↗

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Robert J. Lefkowitz Physician and biochemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for work on G protein-coupled receptors
That’s easy, my trainees. In my field, receptor biology, the field is dominated by people that I trained. Kobilka is one example. I would say I have, for years — in all due modesty — I led the field. I passed that mantle to Kobilka. He has the newest technologies and this and that. But he’s just the limit case. There are dozens and dozens of people who trained with me that, if you go to any meeting on receptor biology and you look at the program, I don’t know, 30 to 40 percent of all the speakers will have either trained with me or trained with people who trained with me. They’re in the lineage. So that’s what I’m most proud of.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, San Francisco, California, 13 September 2014 source ↗
Steve Jobs Co-founder and chief executive of Apple; co-founder of NeXT; chief executive of Pixar
The things I'm most proud about at Apple is where the technical and the humanistic came together, as it did in publishing for example. The Macintosh basically revolutionized publishing and printing. The typographic artistry coupled with the technical understanding and excellence to implement that electronically--those two things came together and empowered people to use the computer without having to understand arcane computer commands. It was the combination of those two things that I'm the most proud of.
Recorded Daniel Morrow, Smithsonian Institution Oral and Video Histories, for the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, 20 April 1995 source ↗
Jhulan Goswami Indian cricketer; the leading wicket-taker in the history of women's international cricket
I am fortunate enough to be able to serve the Indian team for 20 years, able to contribute a little bit from my side, whatever way I was able to, with a lot of honesty and dedication. Wearing the India jersey, walking out of the dressing room and singing the national anthem at the center... those will always be the proudest moments of my career. Always enjoyed that,
Recorded Press conference at Lord's before her final ODI, Times Now, 24 September 2022 source ↗
Yogi Berra Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
I’m very happy about it. You know, a kid from the Hill being elected to the Hall of Fame. Proud of it.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, New York City, 1 June 2005 source ↗

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