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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.
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
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Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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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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Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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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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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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