Donna Rice Hughes 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 Hughes

  Choices, God Love, Cases

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• 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.

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  Christian, Needs, Tools

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• 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.

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  Relationship, Past, Race

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• If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.

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  Hook, Ongoing, Rage

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• Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children.

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  Children, Parent, Links

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• Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.

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  New York, Successful, Television Commercials

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• I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

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  Television, World, Shock

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• I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.

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  Knowing, Stronger, Rice

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• I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

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  Years, Aftermath, Incidents

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• 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.

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  Jobs, Want, Way

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• I was always an overachiever.

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  Overachiever

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• At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.

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  Television Commercials, Firsts, Ninth Grade

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• 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 Hughes

  Night, Phones, Ideas

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• 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.

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  Jobs, Opportunity, People

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• 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.

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  Running, Destiny, Difficult Choices

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• I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

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  Confidence, College, Achievement

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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.

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  Beauty, New York, Cities

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• Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.

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  New Year, Party, Years

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• So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

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  May, Lasts, Faces

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• After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count.

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  Summer, Graduates, Counting

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