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Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.

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Shonda Rhimes
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 13
Film Director
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Television Producer
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Chicago
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Shonda Lynn Rhimes
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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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Ive learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be people I enjoy, so you want to cast people who are as excited and enthusiastic as you are.
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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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The only limit to success is your own imagination.
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Nobody ever asks a man how he gets stuff done. Nobody asks a man how he finds balance.
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Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.
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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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Mother is a verb, not a noun.
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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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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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Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.
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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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Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.
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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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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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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
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I cannot keep track and lots of great shows go unnoticed.
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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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My parents created a world in which the only ­barrier to your success is your own imagination.
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