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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

Edward de Bono

Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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Brain Change Concept Human Pattern Perception Tolerate
We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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Argument Criticism Design Opportunity Technology Value
A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Character Discover Ideas Intuition Solution
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
The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Car Drive Power Separate
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
The vertical thinker says: ‘I know what I am looking for.’ The lateral thinker says: ‘I am looking but I won’t know what I am looking for until I have found it.’
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Finding Philosophy Thinking
Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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Born Intelligence Learning Skill 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
We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Design Judgement Seek
You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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Different Hole Place Yourself
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Focus Important Question Simplicity Way
The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can absorb them into their perceptions.
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Absorb Art Perception Purpose Reflection Value
To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Faith God Poor
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
Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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Enough Excellence Existence Habit Thinking

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