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People should realize we're jerks just like them.

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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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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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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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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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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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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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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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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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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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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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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