America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
EDWARD DE BONOMock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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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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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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