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“In problems set at school we are so used to being given only the information that we need for that problem that we actually leave school believing that life will carefully lay out the information we need in every situation. Unfortunately, life does not do that. There are times when we might have to put aside some information in order to move forwards. This requires thinking.”
― Edward de Bono, Teach Yourself to Think

“Practice has shown that only a few players have mastered the technique of analysis; even highly rated players are lacking in this respect.”
― Alexander Kotov, Think Like a Grandmaster

“Some people need a poke in the eye to show them the right direction, others simply need pointing in the right direction. It is a question of having the wisdom to know when to point and when to poke.”
― Geoff Thompson, The Art of Fighting without Fighting: Techniques in Personal Threat Evasion by Geoff Thompson (25-Sep-1998) Paperback

“I'd sat on the sidelines for too long, hid from the responsibility, if such existed, to my fellow man. I could do as I'd done for decades, keep my head down, live my life. And everyone else be damned. But I felt the old stirring, the old call. The need to do better, to be better. To help. In the end, it wasn't even a difficult decision.”
― J.T. Nicholas, Re-Coil