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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper

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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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There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.
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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
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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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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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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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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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It is well known that problem avoidance is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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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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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
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