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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
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Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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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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