I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Eventually, I, like many of my Christian friends who had backslidden from their faith early in college, stopped attending church and reading my Bible. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
At an awkward time in junior high, when I got braces, my mom encouraged me to take a modeling class so I'd learn to walk properly and wear makeup. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Because pornography is a tool of Satan that exploits and distorts our God-given sexuality, women - especially Christian women - need to understand the increasing threat of online pornography. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
But during that same year, the two Christian guys I'd dated since high school youth group graduated from college and drifted out of my life. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I couldn't go to South Carolina because the media had staked out my parents' house, so they encouraged me through long-distance phone calls. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I was always an overachiever. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I'd gone through a lot of guys in the past year, trying to get over my old boyfriend, but Gary was the one who swept me off my feet. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
My family didn't like my being in New York without a steady job and encouraged me to come home, but that was the last thing I wanted to do. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Over the next few years, as I worked through my depression and the shock related to the scandal, I still struggled with relationships. - Donna Rice Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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