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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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Martinus Veltman

Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in physics for the quantum structure of electroweak interactions

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It will continue and it is due to something which I am very proud to say I invented. ... In 1975 I was asked to become a member of CERN’s scientific policy committee, that committee advises the council of CERN as to what they should do in the future concerning physics. ... we cannot go all the times through the traumatising experience of fighting for a new accelerator, making it and then fall back and so on, so I came to the concept of a constant budget.

Per Carlson and Jasmina Cirgic, Nobelprize.org interview, The Nobel Prize, December 1999 source ↗

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Robert Ballard Marine geologist and oceanographer; discoverer of the wreck of the Titanic
I would say the discovery of the hydrothermal vents off the Galápagos Islands. That really turned science upside down. Until that time, there were a lot of things we didn’t know about the ocean. We didn’t know why it was salty. We didn’t know why it had the chemistry that it had.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 13 February 1991 source ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
Javier Zanetti Argentine former footballer; long-serving Inter Milan captain and now the club's vice-president
Yes, I do, and I like to be seen by fans like this. Being a legend for my fans and my family is something I can be proud of, as I had the opportunity to play in World Cups myself, so I knew what the squad were feeling. I have the third highest appearances for Argentina, for whom many very talented footballers have played, so it’s an honour. To me, representing my home country anywhere in the world has been the best feeling.
Recorded SoccerBible interview, 9 June 2023 source ↗

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