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

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Never dress down for the poor. They wont respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars. – Imelda Marcos

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respect
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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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The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons. – Prince Philip Edinburgh

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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends — it gives a lovely light! – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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