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"Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen."
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Ambeth OcampoIs history repeating itself? Not really, we are the ones repeating his — Ambeth Ocampo
"Is history repeating itself? Not really, we are the ones repeating history."
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Ambeth Raymundo Ocampo is a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator. He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal, and for popularizing Philippine history and art through Looking Back, his long-running editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, as well as his bestselling book R
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"School made us literate but did not teach us to read for pleasure."
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"It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home."
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"We teach history to instill in new generations the values of patriotism, citizenship, and love of country, but sometimes we must also remember that we teach history so that we can liberate ourselves from the past."
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"As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct."
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"Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot."
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