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What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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Una Stubbs British actress, television personality, and dancer
Bringing up my three sons.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗
Tim Rice English lyricist and author
Possibly the fact that some of the stuff I’ve written will still be around after I’ve snuffed it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗
Martin Sheen American actor
That I was partially responsible for bringing some extraordinary human beings into the world, and they responded to me as a loving father.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
Edward Fox British actor
I feel lucky to have been in this business for as long as I have. When I think of the intake that I was with at Rada, only one other person is still an actor, an old fellow called Bill Gaunt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2017 source ↗
Edwina Currie Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗
John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Kyoto, when Tony Blair gave me the opportunity to start the first legislative framework for climate change.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗
Armistead Maupin American writer
The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
Katharine Hamnett English fashion designer
Raising awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the clothing industry. I think I was the original whistleblower within fashion.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
Participating in a transformative movement that advocated human dignity and changed America forever.
Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗
James Dyson British inventor and businessman
Creating jobs and opportunities for thousands of people.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 December 2021 source ↗
Fran Lebowitz American author and public speaker
That I’ve never killed anyone – and I’ve been tempted numerous times. My other achievement is that I went to Australia, which meant I was on a plane without smoking for almost 24 hours, and I didn’t kill anyone on that flight.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗
Chaka Khan American singer
Staying alive, being here at this age. So many songs. It’s crazy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗

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