Quote by Imelda Marcos
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, its so petty. – Imelda Marcos

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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 Im gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food. – Imelda Marcos

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Food
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I dont give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival. – Imelda Marcos

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Freedom
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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 wasnt stolen. – Imelda Marcos

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Politics
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. – Henry Miller

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Excess

We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate. – Jean Baudrillard

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Excess

We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. – William Shakespeare

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