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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.

Edward de Bono

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Education School Teaching Thinking
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
Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Attention Deal Mental Energy Necessary Simplicity Time
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
Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Change Emotion Logic Perception
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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Complete Memories
Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Creativity Information Mathematics Process Thinking
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 can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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Analysis Design Future Past Yourself
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
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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Place Problem Remove Solve
People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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People Realize
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
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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Determination Future Ourselves Quality Thinking
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

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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