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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.

Edward de Bono

Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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One Liner Perception Reality
Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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Creativity Idea Value
People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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People Realize
The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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Comfort Finding Myself Old Problem
Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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History Poverty Willing Yourself
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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Imagination Story Time Writing
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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Arrival Destination Social Truth Value
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
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Creativity Doubt Forever Human Important Progress Repeat Resource
Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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Simplicity Understand
Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Employment Teaching Thinking
Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Better Criticism Oneself
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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Design Difference Enjoyment Future Need Past Suffering Yourself
What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
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Important Urgent
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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Drive Intelligence People Poor Thinking
The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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Ideas Need Right Time

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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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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