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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
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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Gratitude Problem Situation Time Way
The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Car Drive Power Separate
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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Attention Expert Ignorance Judgement Pay Success
We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Design Judgement Seek
Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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Attitude Construction Exception Moments People
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
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
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
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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Count Defend Enough Innovation People System
Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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Play Possible Progress Thinking
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
America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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Country Idea One Liner
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
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
A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Democracy Goodness One Liner

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

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