@shondarhimes is on #TED2016!!! Yassssss!
— Jay Horton (@iamjayhorton) February 16, 2016
With the runaway success of shows like "Scandal" and "Grey’s Anatomy," Shonda Rhimes has become one of Hollywood’s most powerful icons.
When ABC kicked off its 2014 television season by devoting its Thursday night line-up to the Shondaland shows How to Get Away With Murder, Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes -- already one of the most influential producers in Hollywood -- became arguably the single most powerful voice in television today. In 2015, ABC snapped up Rhimes’ latest series, The Catch. Shondaland shows have the special ability to capture both fan devotion and critical attention – she’s won everything from a Peabody Award to a People’s Choice Award.
Rhimes is known for her groundbreaking storytelling, her candor and humor in the face of her critics, and for never shying away from speaking her mind. She’s also known for her social media savvy, and fans of her shows basically own Twitter on Thursday nights. Her first book, Year of Yes, was published in November 2015.
More @ http://theyearofyesbook.com/
@shondarhimes is on #TED2016!!! Yassssss!
— Jay Horton (@iamjayhorton) February 16, 2016
Pumped for @shondarhimes #TEDTalk! Say yes to all the things that scare you. #TED2016
— Jenny Guzmán (@JennyGooz) February 16, 2016
Diversity drives awesomeness. Saying yes changed her life. @shondarhimes #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/y1ctNeOjSh
— David Niu (@davidniu) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes on her year of yes; she said yes to everything. "The very act of doing the thing that scared me undid the fear" #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes @greysanatomy #howtogetawaywithmurder at #TED2016 #Vancouver now speaking. Inspirational persona @VancityBuzz say yes!!
— aditya singh samyal (@samyaladitya) February 16, 2016
“The very act of doing the thing I feared undid the fear.” @shondarhimes on her year of saying “YES” #TED2016 https://t.co/TUsI4j1hrC
— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes vowed every time 1 of her kids asks her to play she will say yes. Reading this in her book made me feel so guilty. #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
Why...#YES! We will listen to your @TEDTalks @shondarhimes #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/l3L2JfrrTw
— Katrice Quitter (@katricequitter) February 16, 2016
tmw Shonda waggles her finger at the audience for applauding her achievements.
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) February 16, 2016
GODDESS. #TED2016
#TED2016 What is it like to say "yes"to things that scare you? How does it change your life @shondarhimes @TEDTalks pic.twitter.com/Ek8WsTWEjG
— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes' Is accounting all of her hours creating, verifying she's the hardest working person in TV. #rolemodel #BAMF #TED2016
— Teresa Mozur (@teresa_m) February 16, 2016
Saying "yes" to the very things that scare us allow us to actual conquer/eliminate fear. #TED2016 (Will I say yes?)
— Trina Boone (@CommunityCraver) February 16, 2016
70 hours of TV this season alone costing $350m for a season @shondarhimes #TED2016 A Titan. pic.twitter.com/KfgXSz4Zje
— nina gregory (@ninaberries) February 16, 2016
A dream job is not about dreaming, it's all work. @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Olessia Kantor (@Olessia_Kantor) February 16, 2016
You're not trying to impress me @shondarhimes but you do. #TED2016 #BetterThanBeyonce
— Allison Hunt (@Alli7on) February 16, 2016
Shonda Rhimes on stage totally sounds like Olivia Pope. #Ted2016 working hard is like being #Beyonce
— Lindsey Slaby (@lasslaby) February 16, 2016
"I work a lot. Very hard. And I love it!" @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ashley Marshall (@mishmash67) February 16, 2016
For @shondarhimes, dream job is all job, blood, and sweat, but she loves it. The hum is God's whisper right in my ear. #TED2016
— C. Jimmy Lin (@cjimmylin) February 16, 2016
What a #TED2016 Talk by @shondarhimes thanks for letting us into your world of writing
— Tariq Buhilaigah (@tariqbu) February 16, 2016
Vowing to say "yes" to your children & play no matter where/what. @shondarhimes My kids deserve this. I do too. #TED2016 #teachermom I will!
— Esperanza Lopez (@espra) February 16, 2016
"I just want to tell you that I’m a titan and I know that I don’t want to question it." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) February 16, 2016
"The hum is God's whisper in my ear." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Cathy Hackl (@CathyHackl) February 16, 2016
"When you have a hum like that you cannot not strive for greatness!" @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Jay Horton (@iamjayhorton) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes Being Beyoncé. On a Monday night. #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/izZIIxe402
— Jennifer Karppinen (@atlrun) February 16, 2016
"The hum is God's whisper right in my ear...you can't help striving for greatness" #TED2016 @shondarhimes @TEDTalks pic.twitter.com/kWVMdYuF69
— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016
"I'm not built for a failure" @shondarhimes #TED2016 @TEDTalks
— Tariq Buhilaigah (@tariqbu) February 16, 2016
I love how @shondarhimes calls herself a titan. #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
Seeing @shondarhimes, hearing Olivia Pope 👌 #TED2016
— Andrea Kelly (@andreaekelly) February 16, 2016
"The hum is God's whisper right in my ear." - @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Somi (@somimusic) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes on The Hum, "God's Whisper in my ear" the call to work, that feeling when the work gets good - that Stopped. #TED2016
— Pik Mukherji (@ercowboy) February 16, 2016
"I was a titan you could take home to your mother." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes talking about when she stopped loving her work - the hum stopped. "When the hum stops, who are you? What are you?" #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
A Titian never stops. A Titain never quits. What do you do when the thing you do, the work you do tastes like dust? #TED2016 @shondarhimes
— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016
What do you do when the work you love tastes like dust? #TED2016 @shondarhimes
— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016
Instead of going up to the person everyone wants to meet, find a person who is alone and join them for a cup of coffee. #TED2016
— Kevin Smith (@ksmithleaders) February 16, 2016
Yes I have the biggest woman crush on @shondarhimes thanks for the #TEDTalk and the truth of the HUM is reality! #TED2016
— Amy Packard Berry (@Packardae) February 16, 2016
We all need the Hum @shondarhimes on #TED2016
— manueldr (@manueldr) February 16, 2016
The hum is God's whispering in my ear. I'm addicted. But when the hum stops, who am I? @shondarhimes #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/kIR0VBtL96
— C. Jimmy Lin (@cjimmylin) February 16, 2016
Playing with her daughter restored @shondarhimes' hum. "Something in me loosens; a door in my brain swings open." #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
#TED2016 at opening session with#shondarhimes speaking about getting back the "hum" through play and love
— Laura Walker (@lwalker) February 16, 2016
Play is the opposite of work. #TED2016
— Richard Swenor (@jagddoga) February 16, 2016
'If the song in my heart stops to play can I survive in the silence?' @shondarhimes #titan #TED2016
— Mira Veda (@MiraVeda) February 16, 2016
It's just love. That's all it is. @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Olessia Kantor (@Olessia_Kantor) February 16, 2016
#ShondaRhimes is rocking #TED2016 speaking about the power of YES and taking time to play with her daughters and the experience of LOVE
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) February 16, 2016
"Love. It's just something we forgot." #TED2016 @shondarhimes
— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016
Play is the opposite of work. When that frozen girl lets go of whatever she needs to let go of#TED2016 @shondarhimes pic.twitter.com/0chRuGiI1Y
— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016
The real hum is confidence and peace. #TED2016
— Olessia Kantor (@Olessia_Kantor) February 16, 2016
How I'd love a @shondarhimes children's book titled "How the Hum Came Home" – an illustrated parable of comeback after burnout #TED2016
— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) February 16, 2016
Miserable parents clap, laugh knowingly as @shondarhimes notes girl from Frozen letting go of whatever it is she needs to let go of #TED2016
— nina gregory (@ninaberries) February 16, 2016
“If the song of my heart ceases to play, can I survive in the silence?" @shondarhimes #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/NpiiMHKN45
— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) February 16, 2016
"The real hum is confidence and peace. Singular and original. We could all use a little more love" - Shonda Rhimes #TED2016 very cool talk
— TEDxYYC (@TEDxYYC) February 16, 2016
Shonda Rhimes at #Ted2016, on how she came back to life after the "hum" of her TV workaholism died. A wonderful talk!
— Jeff Lee (@SunCivicLee) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes: "I’m not good at playing. I don’t like it. I’m not interested in doing it the way I’m interested in doing work." #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
#TED2016 Saying yes saved Shonda & love & play revived & replaced ego, addiction, workaholism, balls in the air, THE HUM! #peace
— Elaine Willis (@castlemeadow) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes: Play is the opposite of work.
— Pik Mukherji (@ercowboy) February 16, 2016
No, Shonda, play is the opposite of depression.
(Not mine, that's Sutton-Smith.) #TED2016
Great TED talk going on now with @shondarhimes talking about how she had, lost and found "the hum" #TED2016
— Ina Fried (@inafried) February 16, 2016
A technical difficulty during @shondarhimes @TEDTalks. She handles it with grace. #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
Shonda Rhimes talks about "The Hum"- excitement and energy realized from your work &doing what you love in life. #TED2016 #shondarhimes
— Bill Harmon (@BillHarmon87) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes just had the most graceful technical difficulty I've ever witnessed #Titan #ted2016
— Kara Wexler (@karawex) February 16, 2016
Who am I when the hum, the happy doing of work I love, stops? @shondarhimes hit a note. Beyond the work & success, love saves us. #TED2016
— Aimee Christensen (@AimeeGlobal) February 16, 2016
"I call myself a titan, I’ve got issues. And one of those issues isn’t that I’m too relaxed." — @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) February 16, 2016
"I play and I play until I wonder why we ever stop playing." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Olessia Kantor (@Olessia_Kantor) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes: "Say yes every time your child asks you to play" They'll only want you for 15 minutes. "You can do 15 minutes." #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
Shonda, your pause was an emotional truth. You are beautiful, talented & loving & real! #TED2016 #justsayyes
— Elaine Willis (@castlemeadow) February 16, 2016
For a 38-year journalist heading towards burnout, watching @shondarhimes talk at #TED2016 about playing, coming to life, is cathartic.
— Jeff Lee (@SunCivicLee) February 16, 2016
"What could be wrong with giving myself my full attention for 15 minutes?" — @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ella Dawson (@brosandprose) February 16, 2016
#TED2016 #Vancouver @shondarhimes wow! omg that was #inspirational. It is about the hum, what is your hum, where is it? A writer at its best
— aditya singh samyal (@samyaladitya) February 16, 2016
"Work doesn't work without play." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes: "Work doesn’t work without play. It takes a little time but after a few months one day the floodgates open..." #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
On stage now at @TEDTalks #ted2016 #yearofyes pic.twitter.com/e4KEhv0Hgt
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) February 16, 2016
Shonda Rhimes: spoke true about being a working Titan Mom.Find your hum. Find your love. Find your arena. Love your kids. Play. #TED2016
— Karen Goepen-Wee (@kgoepenwee) February 16, 2016
"I don't give a crap about being a titan because I've never once seen a titan play Red Rover." @shondarhimes at #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes asks how do we describe ourselves outside of work, find the 'hum' of life. How? Play #TED2016
— Janne Ryan (@JanneRyan) February 16, 2016
Shonda's building a nation. Shondanation. #TED2016
— nina gregory (@ninaberries) February 16, 2016
All that exists r stickyfingers&gooeykisses&that song bout leting go of whatever that Frozen girl needs to let go of @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ashley Marshall (@mishmash67) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes You are the bravest human I've seen in a good long time. #TED2016
— Mike Moore, DO (@MikeMooreDO) February 16, 2016
"We have all devalued our personal life; I am taking my life back. I say yes to less work and more play." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) February 16, 2016
.@shondarhimes "The more I play the happier I am and the happier my kids are" #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
New hero: @shondarhimes go #TED2016 loved it!
— Eric Sutherland (@esut) February 16, 2016
Like @shondarhimes I would have liked to say yes to my kid this morning but I had to be @TEDTalks at 7:20 am. #TED2016
— Marsha Lederman (@marshalederman) February 16, 2016
Omg Shonda Rhime’s talk is such a gift. #TED2016
— Juliana Rotich (@afromusing) February 16, 2016
What an outstanding, lovely, relatable & vulnerable talk from @shondarhimes on play & love & yes & humming & work & joy:) #TED2016
— the dearest hippie (@dearsarah) February 16, 2016
Powerful talk by @shondarhimes on the importance of play & work life balance. "I always say yes when my kids ask me to play." #TED2016 #hero
— Gideon Stein (@gideonstein) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes a tech difficulty only reinforced that a pause is ok. You are a mama Titan. "just love" #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/k2WMtCMv3W
— Shannon King (@ShaKingHR) February 16, 2016
"I don't give a crap about being s Titan because I've never seen a Titan play Red Rover Red Rover." @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Ashley Marshall (@mishmash67) February 16, 2016
If the song of my heart ceases to play, can I survive in the silence? @shondarhimes #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/W9AdMaPZZQ
— C. Jimmy Lin (@cjimmylin) February 16, 2016
I needed that blast of cadence and enunciation from @shondarhimes & loved that playing with our kids is the only way to win at work #TED2016
— Raina Kumra (@rainakumra) February 16, 2016
"We have all devalued our personal life; I am taking my life back. I say yes to less work and more play" says @shondarhimes #TED2016
— Adam Mukendi (@adam_McKendi) February 16, 2016
So deeply moved by @shondarhimes #TEDTalk. My hum is love. #TED2016
— Ananda Costa (@TheAnandaEffect) February 16, 2016
Absolutely loved @shondarhimes' talk at #TED2016. 🙌🏻 @TEDTalks
— Kelsey Wolf (@kelsWOLF) February 16, 2016
Wow...Shonda Rhimes knocked it out of the park tonight. Knew she would rock but dang. #ted2016
— Vickie Sullivan (@VKSullivan) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes Thank you so much for the reminder that we need that 15 minutes of Joy. I needed your #ted2016 talk! pic.twitter.com/Bcgw8roiJj
— Toni Ferland (@ferland_toni) February 16, 2016
@shondarhimes Simply.Inspirational. When we got home, my boys asked me "Wanna Play?" - video gaming here I come! #WannaPlay #TED2016
— Andrew Byrne (@AndrewJByrne) February 16, 2016
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