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Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.
Shonda Rhimes
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Shonda Rhimes
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 13
Film Director
Film Producer
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Chicago
Illinois
Shonda Lynn Rhimes
Cynicism
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The only limit to success is your own imagination.
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Everyone always says to me, 'Why aren't there more people of color on television?' I'm like, 'Why don't you ask a bunch of people who aren't putting people of color on television why there aren't more people of color on television?'
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The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.
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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 never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of Grey's. It's something I have no control over, so I don't even pay attention.
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Mother is a verb, not a noun.
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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 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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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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Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.
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You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.
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My parents created a world in which the only barrier to your success is your own imagination.
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I am terrible with examples. I can never think of them when anybody asks for an example.
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Maybe you know exactly what it is you dream of being, or maybe you're paralyzed because you have no idea what your passion is. The truth is, it doesn't matter. You don't have to know. You just have to keep moving forward. You just have to keep doing something, seizing the next opportunity, staying open to trying something new.
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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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Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.
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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
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At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them
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You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone.
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I cannot keep track and lots of great shows go unnoticed.
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