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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.

Edward de Bono

Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That’s a rate of 7,256 children’s lives saved each day. It drives me nuts that most people don’t seem to know this news.
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Children Live News People
It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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Enough Lying Replacement Truth
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
You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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Direction Hard Yourself
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Creativity Doubt Human Resource
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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Complex Distraction Effort Simplicity
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
People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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People Realize
Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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Creativity Learning Level
Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Creativity Fun Interest Life
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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Activity Brain Human Humor
Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Analysis Debate Description Education Society Tradition
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Achievement Creativity Possible
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
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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Focus Important Question Simplicity Way
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

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