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" Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty. "

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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. "

" It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose. "

" Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars. "

" I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness. "

" People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage? "

" I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. "

" The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit. "

" They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail. "

" 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. "

" I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. "

" God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven. "

" They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes. "

" We practically own everything in the Philippines. "

" You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda. "

" Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums. "

" 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. "

" The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things. "

" Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. "

" 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. "

" My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble. "

" My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. "

" I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am. "

" 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. "

" When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. "

" The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country. "

" I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable. "

" 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. "

" I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. "

" Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. "