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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Edward de Bono

This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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Dignity Himself Proper System Weakness Wrong
To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Faith God Poor
You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people’s hearts, and that’s hard enough.
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Enough Hard Heart Hold People Religion Rule Tradition
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
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Basis Creativity Thinking
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
Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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History Poverty Willing Yourself
I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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Friendship Loyalty Myself
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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Attention Expert Ignorance Judgement Pay Success
What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
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Important Urgent
Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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Future Thinking Traditional Willing
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Best Definition Expectation Happiness Ourselves Talent
In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.
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Future Possible Preparation Strive
Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Creativity Greatness Interest Motivational People
If you never change your mind, why have one?
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Change Mindset Oneself Yourself
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

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