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Shonda Rhimes
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“No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language. Said clearly, strongly and with enough frequency and force, it can alter the course of history.”
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“Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.”
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“Don’t let what he wants eclipse what you need. 'He is very dreamy,' she says. 'But he is not the sun. You are.'”
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“You can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.”
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“#StopPretendingHashtagsAreTheSameAsDoingSomething”
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“Losing yourself does not happen all at once. Losing yourself happens one no at a time.”
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“Not a single woman in the room could handle being told, 'You’re awesome.' I couldn’t handle being told I am awesome. What in the hell is wrong with us?”
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“I find it offensive to motherhood to call being a mother a job. Being a mother isn't a job. It's who someone is. It's who I am. You can quit a job. I can't quit being a mother. I'm a mother forever. Mothers are never off the clock, mothers are never on vacation.”
Shonda Rhimes, U.S. TV producer, screenwriter, writer
(1970)
Full name: Shonda Lynn Rhimes.