Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing.
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DIANE WATSON There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to thin... DIANE WOOD I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although... DIANE WAKOSKI I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy. DIANE KRUGER Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing... DIANE ABBOTT I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of ... DIANE KRUGER I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship... DIANE LANE The sensory misers will inherit the earth, but first they will make it not worth living on. When you... DIANE ACKERMAN Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about techn... DIANE SAWYER Reading one book is like eating one potato chip. DIANE DUANE At some point, one asks, "Toward what end is my life lived?" A great freedom comes from being able t... DIANE ACKERMAN Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that ... DIANE SAWYER I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my p... DIANE KEATON I've always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses u... DIANE ACKERMAN I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony mission... DIANE LADD We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, espe... DIANE WATSON We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... no... DIANE PAULUS Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school.... DIANE KRUGER The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs ... DIANE WATSON My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage. DIANE LADD It is not 'seeing' the light that impacts one's life; it is never 'ceasing' to see the light that im... DIANE LAHAIE Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices. DIANE ARCHER The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare. Peop... DIANE ARCHER The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... ... DIANE ARCHER The first thing people need to know is that they do not have to make any changes if they are happy w... DIANE ARCHER We hear every kind of story. DIANE ARCHER [Yet many people have found the book difficult to understand.] We're hearing from a lot of people wh... DIANE ARCHER Shrove Tuesday marks the beginning of the Lenten journey in a celebratory way. We're on this 40-day ... DIANE ARCHER Lent is a time of prayer, but not for gloomy faces. Some people choose to give things up, but that's... DIANE ARCHER We definitely tell them it's an option, and it can be a lower-cost option than Part D. DIANE ARCHER [Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't gettin... DIANE ARCHER Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. DIANE ARBUS You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. DIANE ARBUS The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way. DIANE ARBUS The more specific you are, the more general it'll be. DIANE ARBUS These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. DIANE ARBUS