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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

Edward de Bono

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
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Devil Run
Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Better Criticism Oneself
If you never change your mind, why have one?
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Change Mindset Oneself Yourself
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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Employment Teaching Thinking
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
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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Better Competition Creativity Intense Need Problem Solve
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
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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Determination Future Ourselves Quality Thinking
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
I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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Friendship Loyalty Myself
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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Logic Mistake Thinking
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Best Definition Expectation Happiness Ourselves Talent
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
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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Existence Ideas Immortal Spring

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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