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A good design is not a democratic consensus.

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
Motivation
Democratic
Design
Business
Good
Consensus

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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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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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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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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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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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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
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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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