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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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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I have found it.'
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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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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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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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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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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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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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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It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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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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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future
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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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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
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