I like people with their own opinions, and I like people who argue with me. It's very exhausting to be in a room full of people who just nod and smile.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the value of engaging discussions and diverse opinions in social interactions.
Shonda Rhimes emphasizes the importance of having authentic conversations and surrounding oneself with individuals who can challenge ideas. She finds it tiring to be in the company of those who merely agree without contribution, suggesting that real dialogue enriches relationships and fosters growth through differing viewpoints.
In practice
This quote can inspire a team meeting where diverse viewpoints are encouraged.
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.
There's always women of many different races on my shows, and there are always women who look many different ways, but there is still a size thing in this industry. It's hard. I mean to have to say, 'I want a larger woman to be an actor on my shows.' Or, 'Find me a larger woman,' is almost insulting to me.
When the script is finished, and you're sitting around at a table read, and all the actors are reading the words that you've written, and you're hearing it out loud for the first time, that is always, every single time, no matter what, a magical process.
We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.
In my house, you got in trouble if you didn't speak up. My mom would be furious at us if we went to school and behaved nicely if someone treated us badly. If we got in trouble because we had yelled at them or told them that they were wrong, my mother would be like, 'Good job.'
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.
LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; NY gets god-awful cold in the winter but there's a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.
A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
As much progress as we think we've made with legislation, litigation and education, anti-Semitism still continues to be the No. 2 hate crime in the United States. You can't eliminate it, but you can try to keep a lid on it.
Treat people well on your way up and they'll treat you well on your way down.
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