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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.
Edward de Bono
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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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Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.
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This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .
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A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
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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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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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