“...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.”
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
“And our political imagination is rooted in our history, our culture, and our myths. That the country’s major magazines, newspapers, publishing houses, and social media were suddenly lending space to stories that questioned the agreed-upon narrative meant that Americans, as a whole, might begin to question them too. And a new narrative—and a new set of possibilities—might then be born.”
― The Message
― The Message
“You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.”
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
“To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.”
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“You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.”
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
― Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
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