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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.

Edward de Bono

It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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Assume History Maintain Repeat Valid
Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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Creativity Hope Idea Worth
The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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Image Mindset People Reflection
You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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Analysis Design Future Past Yourself
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Best Definition Expectation Happiness Ourselves Talent
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
On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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Charity Hypocrisy Idea Justice Stop Trade
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Drive Intelligence People Poor Thinking
What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
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Important Urgent
The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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Aware Awful Yourself
If you never change your mind, why have one?
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Change Mindset Oneself Yourself
Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.
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Beyond Doubt Improvement Right Sacred Way
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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Imagination Story Time Writing
Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
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Argument Creation Reveal Truth Yourself
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Basis Creativity Thinking
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

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