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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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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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The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.
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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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It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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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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The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.
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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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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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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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I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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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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They need a role model. They need a star!
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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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Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.
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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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If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
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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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