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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.

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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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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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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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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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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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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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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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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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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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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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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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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