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My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.

Imelda Marcos

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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
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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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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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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.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
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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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The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this.
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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.
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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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Perception is real, truth is not. I'm not fighting for money and possessions. I'm fighting for something more precious. I pray that as we enter the cyber age -- the Age of Transparency -- the facts and the truth will out.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.
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