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Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.

Monica Lewinsky

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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
Businessperson
Celebrity
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San Francisco County
California
Monica Samille Lewinsky
Monica S. Lewinsky
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Online we have a compassion deficit
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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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It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.
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People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women.
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And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.
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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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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 was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.
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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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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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I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.
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I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.
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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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Women need to support other women, not cut them down. And that goes for recognizable women too.
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I know I will never have an affair with a married man again.
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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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Feeling alone and unseen can intensify the experience of being harassed, shamed, or bullied.
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To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.
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I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. 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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