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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
Imelda Marcos
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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies.
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