“...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
“It doesn't matter how greatly you've been hurt or how much you're hurting, it's what you do with the pain that counts. You could cry for years or you could choose to learn and grow from it.”
― The Wishing Spell
― The Wishing Spell
“To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.”
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“A political order is premised not just on who can vote but on what they can vote for, which is to say on what can be imagined. And our political imagination is rooted in our history, our culture, and our myths.”
― The Message
― The Message
“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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