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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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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
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Monica Samille Lewinsky
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