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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.

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
We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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Break Creativity Experience Freedom Need Order Temporary
Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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Effect Purpose Tools Value
It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Enough Lying Replacement Truth
Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Better Criticism Oneself
Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Creativity Fun Interest Life
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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Operational People Science Teaching
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
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 subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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Gratitude Problem Situation Time Way
The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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Aware Awful Yourself
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
Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Change Emotion Logic Perception
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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Attempt Complete Discussion Ego Explore Genuine Subject
In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
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Better Ignorance Moments Oneself Word
You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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Different Hole Place Yourself

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