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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

Imelda Marcos

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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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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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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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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 am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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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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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
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More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.
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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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They need a role model. They need a star!
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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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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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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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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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They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
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