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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.
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
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Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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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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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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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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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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