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.

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.

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

I was always an overachiever.

In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

When people can't give anything and are only there for themselves, why should others use their time and energy to get involved? There's no benefit.

A thing can only live through a pious illusion.

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

Politically popular speech has always been protected: even the Jews were free to say ‘Heil Hitler.’

Trust, faith,good, bad... none of it matters. All you ever do is what you have to do. Follow your disires, fulfill your needs, escape from pain. That's all there is to it.

I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.

They say money rule the world, you can’t pay God with it

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

No one is obliged to be a genius, but everyone is obliged to participate.

Steve, it's OK. I know Angle is a dork, but he's a dangerous dork, our dork and your backup dork!