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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.

Edward de Bono

Creative thinking – in terms of idea creativity – is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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Creativity Ideas Nurture Practice Talent Thinking
It’s always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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Amazing Attention Humor Pay
America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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Country Idea One Liner
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
To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Faith God Poor
In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
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Aesthetic Art Criteria Emotional Expression Reason World
You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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Analysis Design Future Past Yourself
Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Change Emotion Logic Perception
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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Attention Deal Mental Energy Necessary Simplicity Time
Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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Happiness Live Myself Need
The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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Acceptance Concept Logic Rejection Selection Thinking
The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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Image Mindset People Reflection
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
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Better Enough Ideas Right Wrong
Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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Creativity Learning Level
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Devil Run

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