Shonda Rhimes (Shonda Lynn Rhimes) Quotes
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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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America.
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It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.
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Strong emotions such as passion and bliss are indications that you're connected to Spirit, or 'inspired,' if you will. When you're inspired, you activate dormant forces, and the abundance you seek in any form comes streaming into your life.
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The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
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The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
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When we first started, everything was animated, everything was comedy, and there was really nothing that was longer than about two minutes, because that's all audiences would watch.
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I am scared every day.
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90 percent of the records I make are spontaneous.
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It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.
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Kubrick never explained the ending to us, or what his intentions were. He didn't intend for it to be a predictable film.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
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I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.
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Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.
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Making music is like being the president: You can't tell people you're going to make health care free to get them behind you, but when you get that role, you don't do it.
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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.
