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" They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail. "
Imelda Marcos
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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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Dreams
Live
Meet
" 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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" 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. "
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" I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness. "
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Hate
You
Ugliness
" 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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" 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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California
" I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude. "
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Positive
Great
" It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose. "
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Lose
You
Poor
" 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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Freedom
Democracy
Today
" 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. "
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Rich
I Am
Wealth
" They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes. "
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Found
Beautiful
God
" 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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Gold
Lawyer
Mining
" Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty. "
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Beauty
Miserable
Ugly
" I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical. "
Imelda Marcos
Think
Logical
Different
" 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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Roads
Food
Building
" The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit. "
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Who
Spirit
Rich
" The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave. "
Imelda Marcos
First
Role
Slave
" 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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God
Me
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. "
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Gratitude
Shoes
Love
" Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums. "
Imelda Marcos
Want
Look
Beauty
" Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. "
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Fight
Anything
Self
" I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. "
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Sixty
Did
Funny
" When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. "
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See
I Am
Kings
" 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. "
Imelda Marcos
Hell
Bible
Crime
" I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. "
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Tired
Here
Listening
" My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. "
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Become
Reality
My Life
" 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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Sleep
Humanity
Mother
" Win or lose, we go shopping after the election. "
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Win
Election
Go
" 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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Just
You
She
" If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much. "
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How
Much
How Much