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President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
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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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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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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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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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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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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Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
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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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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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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 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 will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
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I am beyond logic and rationality.
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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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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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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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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've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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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 am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.
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