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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

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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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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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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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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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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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Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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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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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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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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America is not just a country, it's an idea.
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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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Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.
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