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Overnight, I went from being ...

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero.

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I felt like a piece of trash....

I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed.

Monica Lewinsky 84 quotes

So it was sort of an odd time...

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.

Monica Lewinsky 84 quotes

I mean, I felt terrible. And ...

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?

Monica Lewinsky 84 quotes

We talk a lot about our right...

We talk a lot about our right to freedom of expression, but we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention

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As painful and destructive as...

As painful and destructive as they are, the hateful comments allow us to map the underlying beliefs of many people in a way we've never been able to before. It's almost as if all of the negativity and misogyny needs to come to the surface so we can fully understand what it is, and how deep it goes, before we can begin to shift it. Of course, I wish it weren't there.

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But, clearly to me, what I've...

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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Public humiliation is a commo...

Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry.

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I was Patient Zero. The first...

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.

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I, myself, deeply regret what...

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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Some people are born great an...

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

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I was brought up with lies al...

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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You can insist on a different ...

You can insist on a different end to the story.

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I'm probably the only person o...

I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.

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Public shaming is a blood spor...

Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.

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I did though at least expect h...

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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My creativity comes from an un...

My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word....

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I have spent the past several ...

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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The jokes that take my last na...

The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act ... is a really cruel thing to do.

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Sure, my boss took advantage o...

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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