Monica Lewinsky Quotes

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.

Monica Lewinsky

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• When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.

  

  Hallie Ephron
  • People
  • May
  • Reality

• I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • People
  • Better
  • Bear

• If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Life
  • Help

• I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Time
  • Music
  • Trying

• From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.

  

  Garry Disher
  • Writing
  • Action
  • Serious

• The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Want
  • Horse
  • Lady

• They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

  

  Barney Ross
  • Want
  • Japanese
  • Planes

• It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Important
  • Career
  • Interesting

• That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached.

  

  Pat Barker
  • Character
  • Relationship
  • Balance

• I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • Work
  • Regulation
  • Gases

• There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • People
  • Together
  • Better

• I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.

  

  Tatyana Tolstaya
  • People
  • Good
  • Attitude

• I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Hate
  • Food
  • Down

• Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • People
  • Political
  • Voice

• When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived under free trade. But actually, if you look at the history, this is actually the country that has succeeded most with protectionist policies.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Country
  • Done
  • America

• I do think that people have moments of realisation in real life - even if it's on their death beds - when they suddenly think, 'Jesus - what did I do?'

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • People
  • Life
  • Real

• An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Me
  • Friend
  • Old

• You can't separate a house from a family. It's a living, breathing home.

  

  Leonard Lauder
  • Family
  • Home
  • House

• Well, I don't think just because people are in a relationship that they're happy. I don't think relationships necessarily make people happy. You just are happy or you're not happy.

  

  Lisa Edelstein
  • People
  • Happy
  • Relationship

• He laid it on George, me and our wives without telling us at a dinner party at his house. He was a friend of George's, and our dentist at the time. He just put it in our coffee or something. He didn't know what it was, it was just, 'It's all the thing,' with the middle-class London swingers. They had all heard about it and didn't know it was different from pot or pills. And they gave it to us, and he was saying, 'I advise you not to leave,' and we thought he was trying to keep us for an orgy in his house and we didn't want to know.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • House
  • Wives
  • George

• My favorite types of movies to watch as a viewer are thrillers - I really have a soft spot for them, I love them. Especially psychological thrillers.

  

  Alex Karpovsky

• I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.

  

  Anne Tyler
  • Long
  • Family
  • Character

• I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.

  

  Monica Lewinsky
  • House
  • Relationship
  • Certainly