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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
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City of Manila
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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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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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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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They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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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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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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I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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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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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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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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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 will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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I am beyond logic and rationality.
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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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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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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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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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