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I was brought up with lies all the time... that's how you got along... I have lied my entire life...

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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
Businessperson
Celebrity
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Psychologist
Social Psychologist
San Francisco County
California
Monica Samille Lewinsky
Monica S. Lewinsky
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Feeling alone and unseen can intensify the experience of being harassed, shamed, or bullied.
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He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
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Be mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion.
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I try to make very careful decisions about what I choose to do, and it's - I know that unfortunately one of the misperceptions about me, I think, is that I'm sort of a moth to the limelight.
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So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there.
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I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.
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Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them
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I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false.
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Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.
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But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that ... I was worthy of being number one to a man.
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I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.
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So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.
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I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth.
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I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past.
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I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert.
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Women need to support other women, not cut them down. And that goes for recognizable women too.
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The most potent thing we can do is to bring more compassion online.
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Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.
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My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word.
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When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught.
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