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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
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Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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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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Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
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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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It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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