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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
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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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I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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