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

-Imelda Marcos

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"I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late."

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

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

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