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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.

Monica Lewinsky

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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
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Monica Samille Lewinsky
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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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He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.
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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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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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I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
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Do you want me to answer that?
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I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it.
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I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.
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Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return.
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I know I will never have an affair with a married man again.
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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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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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Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.
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The most potent thing we can do is to bring more compassion online.
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I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?
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I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself.
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At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.
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Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
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