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Monica Lewinsky
July 23, 1973 -
Nationality: American
Category: Celebrity
Subcategory: American Celebrity

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

   

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.

   

I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself.

   

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?

   

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.

   

And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.

   

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out.

   

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.

   

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

   

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.

   

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.

   

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.

   

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.

   

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.

   

It was a mutual relationship.

   

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.

   

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

   

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.

   

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps.

   

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.

   

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