Shonda Rhimes quotes - page 2

The idea that the more you hide something, the more it becomes something that's supposed to feel shameful is very true. (Shonda Rhimes)
I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what's the alternative? Weak, stupid women? They're just normal people, not role models - if you're aspiring to be like any of them, something's a little bit wrong. You may want to dress like one or have her job, but do not aspire to be her! View quote
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I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken up by that. I can't imagine it being taken up by a husband and children and writing, and everything getting its due. I don't believe there is room for all of it. I really don't. View quote
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Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it's odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that's what changes the world. View quote
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What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a guy on my arm that people thought I was going to marry. It was amazing. I mean, nobody congratulated me that hard when I had my three children. View quote
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I actually really love Twitter - I used to feel angry and insulted when people criticised me or the shows, but now I don't take it too seriously. What I do love is that there's this great direct line to fans. View quote
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I love having boyfriends. I love dating. I do not want a husband in my house. View quote
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I like working more than I like being at home. Facing that fact is incredibly difficult to handle, because what kind of person likes working more than being at home? View quote
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I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home. View quote
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You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who don't look like me in my writers room. I think it's important to have a group of voices, of people who can dissent. View quote
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I don't know that I think women have to throw out the fairy tale ending. I just think they have to decide what their fairy tale ending is - and not go with the standard one that everyone's told them they're supposed to have. (Shonda Rhimes)
Work doesn't work without play. View quote
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The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody. View quote
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Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues. View quote
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I've always said if I'm winning at one thing, I'm failing at another. View quote
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I don't identify with her, but I highly admire Eleanor Roosevelt. View quote
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A woman who doesn't want to have kids is sort of a mystery to people. That's a question they're asked the minute they get married, it's a question they're asked constantly, 'Don't you want to have kids?' And I feel like that's completely unfair. View quote
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My worst trait is that I'm an introvert. When I've led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire to run and hide. I'm very proud of the fact that I have been able to do that. View quote
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My daughter thinks my shows suck. View quote
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When I'm hard at work, when I'm deep in it, there is no other feeling. For me, my work is at all times building a nation out of thin air. It is manning the troops. It is painting a canvas. It is hitting every high note. It is running a marathon. It is being Beyonce. And it is all of those things at the same time. View quote
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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. (Shonda Rhimes)
The only limit to success is your own imagination. View quote
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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. View quote
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Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life. View quote
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When you help make people healthier, it makes the nation healthier, it makes the world healthier, it makes the economy healthier. View quote
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