Leora Tanenbaum Quotes

#1. When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called on me, boys snickered and girls rolled their eyes. My body and face burned. I felt mortified. I contemplated suicide.

Leora Tanenbaum

#2. Sometimes you can miss the boat and find a new life.

Benny Bellamacina

#3. I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the paper or from television. So they wouldn't have had my quote opening day.

Roger Ebert

#4. In terms of pure comedic value, 'Tootsie' is brilliant.

Will Tudor

#5. To lovers innumerable things do not matter.

Rebecca West

#6. What drives abortion bans and restrictions? The belief that women who have sex for pleasure rather than procreation are sluts.

Leora Tanenbaum

#7. Bliss, wait one second."
I took my time packing up my stuff, waiting for everyone else to leave the computer lab.
When we were alone I asked, "What's up?"
He smiled, "Nothing."
Then he pressed me into the computer table behind me and kissed me.

Cora Carmack

#8. I couldn't stand being identified by my sexuality, I retaliated by insisting that people regard me for my intellectual worth. My intellect became a form of damage control.

Leora Tanenbaum