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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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City of Manila
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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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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My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people.
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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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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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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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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
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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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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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I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
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I am beyond logic and rationality.
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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 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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