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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.

Edward de Bono

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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Development Existence Ideas
What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Change Display Important Joke Perception Thinking
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Creativity Doubt Human Resource
I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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Heart Hurt Known Myself Pain Walk
Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Operational People Science Teaching
You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Different Hole Oneself
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Basis Creativity Thinking
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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Action Problem Situation Time Way
Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Better Criticism Oneself
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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Cheap Human Humor Mindset Reason
The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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Arrogant Effect Sin Thinking Treat
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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Determination Future Ourselves Quality Thinking
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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Crowd Opportunity Wait Willing
Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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Happiness Live Myself Need
It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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Assume History Maintain Repeat Valid
It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Enough Lying Replacement Truth

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