"My son and every single trans kid out there, they are bravely trying to navigate the world as who they are, despite an environment that seems hostile to their existence, so I have to lift up every single kid that has to do this."

"It’s important for me to speak up for kids like my own kid, because trans folks are being erased, as if their existence never happened. But trans folks have been around forever."

"The only thing that trans folks, any LGBT person wants, is to exist and to live and to love in the way that they were born to. Full stop…"

"The one thing I’ve learned is that you have to raise your child the way your child needs to be raised… As a parent I want to set my child up for success. I want my child to feel safe and strong and ready to conquer the world on their own terms."

"Playing her again 30 years later is going to be illuminating."

"This is the most precious human being in my little world. The one who captured my heart from the word go. The one that made me realize how insignificant my life was, until that initial piercing cry at 12:12 PM on May 16, 2006."

"With each step into adulthood, my heart grows in ways I couldn’t have predicted. That he is, with honesty and courage, growing into who he’s meant to be makes me incredibly proud."

"This is my 18-year-old. My artistic, sensitive, creative, smart, beautiful, affectionate, loving, incredible 18-year-old. I’m beyond blessed and fortunate to call this one mine."

"I'm here in this very strange country with a culture that's so very different from mine. I need to hang on to a little bit of home to not go insane."

"Just a reminder… I have boundaries. Do not cross them. Thank you,"

"The story is important but not to the point of emotional manipulation of the audience. It has to supplement the talent."

"It has to be talent first. Because that’s how we got them in the first place."

"You discover how much motivation you actually have. Really."

"The funny thing… kids are easy to mold. They’re so easy to teach and they’re so open to suggestions."

"You can basically throw all the stuff at the wall and see what sticks. In her case, she throws everything at the wall and everything sticks."

"I look at the awards and I'm incredibly grateful. But a career like mine would not be possible without a village, without a support system, without the people who are actively behind me"

"It’s a song [about] being a Filipino that’s been transplanted to another country, and you are remembering what it is about home that you remember and love so much."

"If [you’re] a mom who remembers the first movements of your child while they were still in the womb, it’s the excitement of that."

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"I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile."

"She spent money. No question about that...She is a world-class spender. She is a world-class shopper."

"A cunning child with a remarkable gift for both self-delusion and self-preservation. Marcos, who turned 75 last week, always maintained her childlike sense of entitlement, despite the harsh realities of life."

"I'm the Imelda Marcos of sunglasses."

"The best compliment I ever got in my life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection."

"I've always maintained that the only things to uphold are the good, the true and the beautiful. We have to reject what's ugly."

"Thank God I never lost that childlike innocence and the purity of vision and naivete. …That childlike innocence was most useful, because if I was a bit wiser, I wouldn't have been able to do anything, perhaps. So I'm glad I was not smart."

"’Who is Imelda?’ I come from a third world country, third class province. And I was orphaned—and look, Imelda made it. If Imelda made it everyone can make it. At this age and stage I feel so good I’m still ready to fly.”"

"I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want to see a star. Other presidents' wives have gone to the barrios wearing housedresses and slippers. That's not what people want to see. People want someone they can love, someone to set an example."

"I seem to be able to only see the positive things in life and the beautiful things in life and when I see, for instance, garbage or ugliness, then I turn my back or I seem to be able to skip it."

"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."

"We never had such a violation of human rights. In fact, we have had no human rights case here in the Philippines, even to this day."

"When you reach a certain level of leadership, people cannot be neutral with you. They either love, love, love you, or hate, hate, hate you."

"It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him."

"Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty."

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

"I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another."

"My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people."

"I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act."

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

"Ferdinand had foresight and unbelievable luck. His success actually bordered on fiction."

"I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance."

"Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry — not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me."

"President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics."

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

"Diligence, hard work, foresight, entrepreneurship and God's blessing."

"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."

"The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people."

"The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there."