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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.

Imelda Marcos

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Imelda Marcos
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: July 2
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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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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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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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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 always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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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 not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
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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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What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?
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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 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 did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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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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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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They need a role model. They need a star!
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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 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.
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Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that we're surrounded by uranium? We have the world's fourth largest deposits of uranium. Yes, we're all radioactive -- must be the reason why we have so many faith healers!
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If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
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It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
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