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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
Imelda Marcos
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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
Diplomat
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City of Manila
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They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
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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 was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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