A question is a polite way of demanding something.
EDWARD DE BONOWestern 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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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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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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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
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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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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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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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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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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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