"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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Source : "Tomgram: Laura Poitras and Tom Engelhardt, The Snowden Reboot". Interview with Tom Engelhardt, www.tomdispatch.com. October 19, 2014.

Imelda Marcos

#Real Quotes #People Quotes #Development Quotes

“Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work.”

Source : "When I was four, I knew I was weird", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2005.
“Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater.”
“Regardless of how badly you handled yesterday, today provides a fresh opportunity to do things right!”

Source : Twitter post from May 17, 2013
“If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep? No! Here's to the pilot that weather'd the storm!”

Source : George Canning (1842). “Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches”, p.559
“...photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes enough suffering among their listeners. No, if they really expect us to respect their search for enlightenment and artistic expression, in [the] future they will drag the equipment up the hill by their genitals and take the view with a tripod leg stuck through their foot.”
“I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.”
“Mostly, two miles an hour is good going.”

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