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America is not just a country, it's an idea.

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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America
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper
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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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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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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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You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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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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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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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future
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It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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