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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.

Imelda Marcos

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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
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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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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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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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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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I am beyond logic and rationality.
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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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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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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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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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