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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.

Imelda Marcos

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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
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Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.
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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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Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that we're surrounded by uranium? We have the world's fourth largest deposits of uranium. Yes, we're all radioactive -- must be the reason why we have so many faith healers!
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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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