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Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

Monica Lewinsky

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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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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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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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Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.
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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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Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.
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My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word.
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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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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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Feeling alone and unseen can intensify the experience of being harassed, shamed, or bullied.
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Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them
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And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.
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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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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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The most potent thing we can do is to bring more compassion online.
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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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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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I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.
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I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
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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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