Imelda Marcos Quotes

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• It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately people think of beauty as luxury, beauty as frivolity, ... or extravagance. Beauty is a discipline, beauty is art, is harmony, in the ideological sense and in the theological sense, beauty is God and love made real. And the ultimate reach in this world is beauty.

  Imelda Marcos

  Beautiful, Art, Real

  "Imelda". Documentary, Biography, 2003.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Funny, Witty, Fashion

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Funny, Stupid, Garbage Disposal

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Beautiful, Stars, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Beautiful, Skeletons, Shoes

  "The shoe must go on" by John Aglionby, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2001.

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• If the shoe fits, buy it.

  Imelda Marcos

  Shoes, Fit, If The Shoe Fits

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• 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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Wealth, Prosperity, Rich

  The Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 1998.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Stars, Roles, Firsts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Girl, Daughter, Fathers Day

  TIME magazine, November 11, 1996.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Fighting, Self, Survival

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Winning, Shopping, Politics

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.

  Imelda Marcos

  Extravagance

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• I am beyond logic and rationality.

  Imelda Marcos

  Logic, Rationality

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• In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.

  Imelda Marcos

  Beauty And Love, Extravagance, World

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Real, Fighting, Perception

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Gratitude, Shoes, Great Love

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Hate, Allergic, Knows

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Real, People, Philippines

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Country, Book, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Respect, Dresses, Dollars

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Pie, Littles, Toes

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• It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.

  Imelda Marcos

  Class, Important, Dresses

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• I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060.

  Imelda Marcos

  Shoes, Pairs, Pair Of Shoes

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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.

  Imelda Marcos

  People, Giving, Justice

  "Queen of the islands". Interview with Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2006.

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• Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.

  Imelda Marcos

  Gay, Doe, Opponents

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