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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.

Edward de Bono

You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Different Hole Oneself
Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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Born Intelligence Learning Skill Thinking
Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Better Criticism Oneself
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
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 not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Enough Lying Replacement Truth
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
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
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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Complete Memories
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
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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Arrival Destination Social Truth Value
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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God Music Recognition Run
Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Creativity Fun Interest Life
There’s a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information – gets very dangerous.
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Dangerous Information Social Media Thinking Yourself
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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Best Chef Ingredient Result Win
To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
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Analysis Deal Future Possible

Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.

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