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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are. "

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

" If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much. "

" I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. "

" The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical. "

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

" Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude. "

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