A question is a polite way of demanding something.
EDWARD DE BONOThe awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
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It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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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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Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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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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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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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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Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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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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