20 Quotes by Donna Rice Hughes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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