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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
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San Francisco County
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Monica Samille Lewinsky
Monica S. Lewinsky
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Online we have a compassion deficit
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Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.
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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 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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Do you want me to answer that?
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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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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 know I will never have an affair with a married man again.
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People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women.
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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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Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them
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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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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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The more shame, the more clicks. The more clicks, the more advertising dollars.
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Be mindful of clickbait - sensational stories designed to humiliate. Click with compassion.
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