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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.


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EDWARD DE BONO In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing ...
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EDWARD DE BONO I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acqu...
EDWARD DE BONO There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that m...
EDWARD DE BONO An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an ...
EDWARD DE BONO The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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