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Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.
Shonda Rhimes
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Shonda Rhimes
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 13
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Shonda Lynn Rhimes
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A hashtag is not helping... A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag.
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The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.
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Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.
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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
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When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.
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I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman.
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I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.
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I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will.
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You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone.
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We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself. The future is never the way we imagined it.
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I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.
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I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV.
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