Shonda Rhimes (Shonda Lynn Rhimes) Quotes
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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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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We're one of the largest employers in Canada for animation executives, and there is - I think something on the magnitude of $140 million a year be important to the Canadian economy producing animation for Netflix.
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I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.
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I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.
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I can't speak for boys because I'm not one! But I just imagine they think differently.
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This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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I'm very religious.
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I genuinely do think that skin does have a lot to do with genetics. I was blessed. You should see my mom and grandma - it's unfair!
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I have friends who are so sarcastic but I never view it as mean.
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I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much more trust, and you're much more willing to be vulnerable in a scene with someone you trust.
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A lot of times, for videogames, you get almost no time to prepare with a script. You've got a director that's going line for line, filling you in on what's happening, and some games are even less than that.
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I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort. So long as I have questions to which there are no answers, I shall go on writing.
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'One Yellow Daffodil' is both a look to the past and to the future and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children.
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What other people think of how I play and how I go about things really isn't something I worry about.
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I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.
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In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.
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The truth is, no one is like Columbo.
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It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie.
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Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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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?'
