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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. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#bothered #creativity #else #focusing #granted

Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#brain #far #human #human brain #humour

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#better #continue #doing #freeze #frozen

Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso. ↗

— Ludwig Erhard

#europe #only #remain #torso #without

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#come #fall #hole #invisible #know

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#columbus #discover #discovered #new #only

Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#feels #here #i #i am #irritated

If you've lost focus, just sit down and be still. Take the idea and rock it to and fro. Keep some of it and throw some away, and it will renew itself. You need do no more. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#down #focus #idea #itself #just

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#almost #became #conceivable #explosions #fascinated

Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#creeps #go #go away #love #other