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If you never change your mind, why have one?

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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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