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Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
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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What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?
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I am beyond logic and rationality.
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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
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