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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock

British space scientist and science educator

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Over the last eight years I have been privileged to see 250,000 schoolkids across the world and tell them my story – a kid with dyslexia from a broken home becoming a space scientist – and inspire them to do something they dream about.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 March 2016 source ↗

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Johanna Konta British tennis player
Being happy. I think that transcends the results of my matches, the so-called successes or failures. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who dedicated their life to what they were doing at the time. Right now, it’s tennis, but I want to have the same dedication for whatever I do after, whether it be motherhood or another career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Kathy Lette Australian-British author
Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Daniel Mays British actor
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗

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