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What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?
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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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 did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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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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They need a role model. They need a star!
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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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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
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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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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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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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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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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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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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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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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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The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.
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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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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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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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