Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
EDWARD DE BONOThe power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
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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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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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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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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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