The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.
It was surreal to think the Queen of England not only knew who I was but thought enough of what I do to give me an award.
I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.
I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.
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