Shonda Rhimes' groundbreaking achievements in the world of entertainment are impressive enough to make anyone in their right mind renounce all other celebrity allegiances in order to re-prioritize their stanning. Yet, she'll be the first to tell you that she didn't blaze this trail alone.

The creator of "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice" and "Scandal" -- and executive producer of "How To Get Away With Murder" -- was honored with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's 23rd Annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Wednesday (Dec. 10).

In her acceptance speech, Rhimes explained that she doesn't feel like she, alone, broke the invisible glass ceiling that has historically barred women and women of color from moving up the ladder in her field. "This was a group effort," she said. "My sisters who went before me had already handled it."

Rhimes continued: "How many women had to hit that glass before the first crack appeared? How many cuts did they get? How many bruises? How hard did they have to hit the ceiling? How many women had to hit that glass to ripple it to send out a thousand little fractures? How many women had to hit the glass before the pressure of their efforts caused it to evolve from a thick pane of glass to a thin sheet of splintered ice, so that when it was my turn to run, it didn't even look like glass anymore."

She concluded: "I want to thank all the women in this room, and I want to thank all the women who never made it to this room. And, I want to thank all the women who will hopefully fill a room one hundred times this size when we're all gone. You're all an inspiration."

Everybody should be standing and clapping right now. Don't make me ask you twice.